Water Cycle crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
  2. 6. water that collects on the surface of the ground.
  3. 8. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.
  4. 10. the property of having poles or being polar.
  5. 12. water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
  6. 13. capable of being permeated : penetrable especially : having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through a permeable membrane permeable limestone.
  7. 14. an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel.
  8. 15. the process of turning from liquid into vapor.
  9. 17. not allowing fluid to pass through.
  10. 18. (of a plant or leaf) the exhalation of water vapor through the stomata.
  11. 19. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
  12. 20. a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
Down
  1. 1. of or found in fresh water; not of the sea.
  2. 3. When a water-bearing rock readily transmits water to wells and springs
  3. 4. the action or process of adhering to a surface or object.
  4. 5. (of a material or membrane) allowing certain substances to pass through it but not others, especially allowing the passage of a solvent but not of certain solutes.
  5. 7. the portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries
  6. 9. the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.
  7. 11. the action or fact of forming a united whole.
  8. 16. the action of entering or gaining access to an organization or place surreptitiously, especially in order to acquire secret information or cause damage.
  9. 21. a further competition, election, race, etc., after a tie or inconclusive result.