Water Crossword
Across
- 3. an area of coastal grassland that is regularly flooded by seawater
- 8. which is pollution discharged from a single source
- 11. a tree or shrub that grows in chiefly tropical coastal swamps that are flooded at high tide
- 12. a fence or other obstacle that prevents movement or access
- 14. Water that is safe to drink
- 15. a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral
- 17. Non free floating organisms
- 18. is the part of a sea, lake or river that is close to the shore
- 20. land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.
Down
- 1. a structure built across a river to control the river’s flow
- 2. several processes that remove some amount of salt and other minerals from saline water
- 4. a method of providing plants with water from sources other than direct precipitation
- 5. Organisms that live at the bottom
- 6. Free floating organisms
- 7. the introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water that degrade water quality and adversely affect the organisms that depend on the water
- 9. excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water
- 10. ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water
- 13. formed behind the dam
- 16. organisms that cause illness or disease
- 19. he tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream