Water, Watersheds, and Water Quality

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Across
  1. 2. pollution that can cause disease, death, and/or birth defects
  2. 5. amount of rain or snow that falls in the watershed is the greatest factor controlling stream flow
  3. 9. when rain falls on dry ground, some of the water soaks into the soil
  4. 13. area of land where all of the water that falls in it and drains off of it goes to a common outlet
  5. 14. the root system of plants absorb water from the surrounding soil in various amounts
  6. 15. this is a precipitation collector
  7. 16. the erosion of soil into rivers and lakes
Down
  1. 1. too many microorganisms in water which can make you sick
  2. 3. non-living
  3. 4. a single, identifiable source of pollution
  4. 6. reservoirs store water and increase the amount of water that evaporates and infiltrates
  5. 7. pollution that comes from many places all at once
  6. 8. water that fills in tiny gaps between soil and sediments underground
  7. 10. too many nutrients in water which cause too much algae to grow
  8. 11. living
  9. 12. the study of living things and the environment
  10. 17. water from rainfall returns to the atmosphere largely through this