Hydrosphere Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. land containing marshes or swamps
  2. 4. an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects
  3. 5. an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers
  4. 7. a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater
  5. 10. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock
  6. 14. a large mass of floating ice
  7. 16. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea
  8. 17. wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body
Down
  1. 1. low lying land that is flooded in wet seasons or high tides
  2. 2. a small narrow river
  3. 6. a large natural or artificial lake that is used as a water supply
  4. 8. all the water on the earths surface
  5. 9. Well a well in which water is under pressure; especially one where water flows to the surface naturally
  6. 10. a slowly moving mass or river that is frozen
  7. 11. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
  8. 12. large body of water surrounded by land
  9. 13. a very large expanse of sea
  10. 15. Basin the portion of land drained by the river and its tributaries