Water Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. caused by elevated water temperatures
  2. 5. low, narrow, sandy islands that form parallel to the coastline
  3. 6. known for their biological productivity and diverse organisms
  4. 8. underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock
  5. 11. bottom open freshwater zone
  6. 13. water part of sea, divided into three different zones
  7. 14. shallow undersea area along the coast
  8. 16. bays of mixed salt and fresh water caused by rivers flowing into sea
  9. 19. zone exposed by tides
  10. 22. water animals sweat out
  11. 24. 2nd deepest zone in the ocean
  12. 25. decomposing material that provides energy for deep communities
  13. 27. wetlands without trees
  14. 28. deepest zone in the ocean
  15. 29. top open freshwater zone
  16. 31. water animals breath out
  17. 32. shallow wetlands that flood with seawater
  18. 33. cycle of water through the earth
  19. 35. variety of trees that grow in saltwater
Down
  1. 1. shallow ecosystems that flood with freshwater
  2. 2. top zone in the ocean, has photosynthetic organisms
  3. 3. used by microscopic deep-ocean thermal vent communities
  4. 7. lowest of higher zones in the ocean
  5. 9. freefloating photosynthetic plants that support the marine food web
  6. 10. depression in a rocky shoreline that contains life organisms and floods at high tide
  7. 12. dead organisms provide nutrients for deep-ocean ecosystems and surface communities
  8. 15. fed by groundwater
  9. 17. differing conditions from upper to lower layers
  10. 18. the bottom of the water body where the sand is
  11. 20. occur when excess nutrients cause bacteria growth that consumes most of the oxygen
  12. 21. shore is this zone
  13. 23. middle open freshwater zone, also called mesolimnion
  14. 26. wooded wetlands
  15. 27. middle of higher zone in the ocean
  16. 30. areas of saturated ground
  17. 34. undecayed vegetation in deep layers in bogs