Unit 2 Lesson 3: Surface Water and Groundwater

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Across
  1. 3. the area of land that is drained by a river system
  2. 4. open spaces in an aquifer that stores water
  3. 7. area where groundwater becomes surface water
  4. 8. the path that a stream follows
  5. 9. a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow
  6. 11. a smaller stream that feeds into a river and eventually a river system
  7. 12. the upper boundary of groundwater
  8. 14. a measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance
  9. 15. water found in the spaces between rock particles below Earth's surface
  10. 16. the percentage of rock that is composed of pore space
  11. 17. area of higher ground
Down
  1. 1. largest watershed in the United States
  2. 2. the measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer
  3. 5. area where surface water replenishes an aquifer
  4. 6. the amount of water that moves through the river channel in a given amount of time
  5. 10. water above Earth's surface
  6. 13. materials carried by a stream