Water Resources

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