Water Resources
Across
- 1. designed for people to live in
- 2. areas where water infiltrates through permeable rock
- 8. solution that contains the maximum amount of solute that is capable of dissolving
- 9. a period of abnormally dry weather; lack of rain
- 13. a channel made to divert the flow of water
- 17. increase of salt concentration in soil
- 19. water containing less than a thousand milligrams of salt
- 22. measure of acidity
- 23. a natural process that results from nutrients in water
- 24. contaminant that end up on the ground naturally or from human activity
- 25. underground water held in soil
- 26. area of land that drains all streams and rainfall into a common outlet
- 27. underground area where the surface is saturated with water
- 29. allows liquids to pass through
- 30. large natural stream of water
- 31. source of pollution when pollutants are discharged
- 32. supply of water to help crops grow
Down
- 1. large lake used as a source of water supply
- 3. a source of supply
- 4. microorganism that can cause disease
- 5. large body of water surrounded by land
- 6. barrier to hold back water to generate a water supply
- 7. second largest river in North America
- 10. river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
- 11. artificial waterways for drainage
- 12. landscaping which requires no irrigation
- 14. a mutual connection between two things
- 15. an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock
- 16. ocean water, saline water
- 18. property of a material that water cant pass through
- 20. physical material that humans need and value
- 21. polluting substance
- 26. used water that includes human waste
- 28. slow escape through porous material