Hydrosphere Crossword-Norma M.

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Across
  1. 5. A wetland dominated by tress
  2. 7. A stream that flows into a larger river or stream, or into a lake
  3. 8. A large floating mass of ice that has broken from a glacier
  4. 9. The part of the earth that contains water
  5. 10. The largest bodies of water on Earth (only salt water)
  6. 12. Area of land that drains into a river system, river, lake, or all
  7. 13. A body of water of considerable size contained on a body of land
  8. 15. A lake that stores water for human use
  9. 16. A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land
Down
  1. 1. Dominated by peat moss which is a wetland
  2. 2. Dominated by grasses which is a wetland
  3. 3. Well A well where water rises because of pressure within aquifer
  4. 4. The water beneath the earth's surface that supplies springs and wells
  5. 6. a rock layer, sand, or gravel that can hold quantities of water and supplies it to wells and springs
  6. 11. A small channel along which water is continually falling down a slope
  7. 14. Low-lying land saturated with moisture, such as a marsh or swamp
  8. 17. Basin The area of land from which a river and its tributaries drain water