Water Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. An overflow of water onto lands that are used or usable by man and not normally covered by water.
  2. 3. took my Chevy, but it was dry.
  3. 5. A long period with little or no rain.
  4. 6. The process of water vapor turning into liquid water
  5. 8. The vegetation and wildlife found along the shores of streams, rivers and lakes
  6. 10. Percentage of earth covered by water.
  7. 13. Water that has seeped beneath the earth's surface down through soil materials to become groundwater. This is accomplished naturally by rainfall and also artificially by humans.
  8. 14. The shallow water areas of bays or the mouths of rivers and creeks. This is the place where ocean tides meet and mix with fresh water.
  9. 16. molecular expression of water
Down
  1. 1. The act of protecting from loss or depletion.
  2. 4. a method of landscaping that uses plants that are well adapted to the local area and are drought-resistant.
  3. 7. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
  4. 9. Most of earth's freshwater is trapped in these ice giants.
  5. 11. The process of liquid water heating into water vapor
  6. 12. A structure built to hold back water.
  7. 15. During back-to-back rains, some water is not immediately soaked up by the ground. This is a common way pollutants enter the water cycle.