Water Resources

2. Zone or land area where water enters the ground and replenish the groundwater.
4. Partly enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater from stream meets the saltwater from the sea
5. Land areas where water covers the surface for significant periods
9. Second layer of the ocean, where the temperature of the water decreases rapidly with depth
10. Impermeable rocks where water is trapped and held down by pressure between them.
14. Flood that occurs when heavy rainfall creates a flood event independent of an overflowing stream
16. Process whereby too much soil and sediments are delivered to streams
17. When this occurs, river flow increases, and the volume of the world ocean increases, resulting to a rise in sea level and reduced land area
18. This is a zone in which the spaces between the particles are filled mainly with air.
19. Smaller streams
20. Part of Earth’s subsystem containing the oceans, lakes, streams, underground water, and snow and ice

1. Narrow, elongated landform separating individual streams within a basin
3. It is only 2. 5% of Earth’s total water
6. Evaporation of water from the leaves and stems of plants
7. Saltiness of saltwater
8. Reduction of the mineral content by taking salt out of the seawater to produce freshwater
11. Streams that are fed by groundwater
12. Ability of the rock or sediments to allow water to pass through it
13. Process whereby rain that falls into land surface penetrates the soil
15. Soil, rock or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years