Water Resources

1. Streams that are fed by groundwater
4. It is only 2. 5% of Earth’s total water
7. Part of Earth’s subsystem containing the oceans, lakes, streams, underground water, and snow and ice
8. This is a zone in which the spaces between the particles are filled mainly with air.
12. Process whereby too much soil and sediments are delivered to streams
13. 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
14. Saltiness of saltwater
15. Second layer of the ocean, where the temperature of the water decreases rapidly with depth
16. Land areas where water covers the surface for significant periods
18. Narrow, elongated landform separating individual streams within a basin
19. Zone or land area where water enters the ground and replenish the groundwater.
20. Partly enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater from stream meets the saltwater from the sea

2. Evaporation of water from the leaves and stems of plants
3. Ability of the rock or sediments to allow water to pass through it
5. Impermeable rocks where water is trapped and held down by pressure between them.
6. Process whereby rain that falls into land surface penetrates the soil
9. Flood that occurs when heavy rainfall creates a flood event independent of an overflowing stream
10. Smaller streams
11. Reduction of the mineral content by taking salt out of the seawater to produce freshwater
17. Soil, rock or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years