Hydrosphere Vocabulary

2. 96.5 percent of water is salt water.
5. A lake that stores water for human use.
7. The part of the Earth that contains water.
8. Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
10. A well in which water rises because of pressure within aquifer.
14. An area where the water table is at, near or above the land surface long enough during the year to support adapted plant growth.
17. A small channel which water is continually flowing down a slope made of small gullies.

1. A large piece of freshwater ice floating in open waters.
3. A wetland dominated by peat moss.
4. The water found in cracks and pores in sand, gravel, and rocks below Earths surface.
6. A body of water considerable size contained on a body of land.
9. An area of water that drains into a large river.
10. A rock layer that stores water and allows water to flow through it.
11. A stream feeding a larger stream or lake.
12. An area of water that drains into a smaller river or stream.
13. A wetland dominated by grass
15. A large channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope of many streams that come together.
16. A wetland dominated by trees.