Water in Canada
Across
- 2. rate amount of water that flows through a drainage basin. The discharge rate of a drainage basin may vary greatly from season to season depending on the weather conditions.
- 3. swamp, marsh, and bog; places where the water table is at ground level
- 5. chemicals that are harmful to humans or to the environment.
- 7. water found below the earth's surface in the spaces in soil and bedrock
- 10. table top of the soil zone in which all pore spaces are filled with water, called the saturated zone. Above the water table, the pore spaces are filled with air.
- 12. basin area drained by a river and it's tributaries. One drainage basin is separated from another by an area of higher land called a watershed
Down
- 1. cycle pathway followed by water from oceans and lakes through the atmosphere and then back to the land and waterways
- 4. water that it permanently removed from a river for consumption in homes, industries, agriculture, or business.
- 6. use of water without removing it from its source for activities, e.g., fishing and hydro electrical power.
- 8. an area of higher land that separates one drainage basin from another
- 9. a small stream or river that joins a larger stream or river
- 11. water that flows off the land through lakes and rivers into oceans.