Rivers and Streams

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Across
  1. 2. Rivers that are created to carry water for irrigation or drinking water
  2. 4. Point where a river empties into an estuary, sea, or ocean
  3. 7. This type of river can go dry for decades at a time
  4. 11. Another name for a periodic river
  5. 12. Point where distributary river branches off another river
  6. 13. A big difference between a periodic and episodic river is that periodic rivers have ________ seasons
  7. 14. Large freshwater body of water with a well-defined path
  8. 15. the "shore" of a river
  9. 16. This serves as a barrier between a river and a community
Down
  1. 1. All 15 Texas river basins empty here
  2. 3. An example of this type of river is the Missouri river emptying into the Mississippi River
  3. 5. Source or origin of a river
  4. 6. This type of river is often dammed for hydroelectric and irrigation purposes
  5. 8. You can find these rivers running through caves
  6. 9. ground below flowing water of a river
  7. 10. A distributary river