watershed and human impact
Across
- 4. water filtering through a porous material
- 5. creates natural pressure
- 11. replenished by precipitation
- 12. withdrawing groundwater causing the land to sink
- 13. more prone to water pollution than ground water
- 15. moves slowly through aquifers
- 19. region between the earth's surface and the water table
- 20. area of groundwater affected by contamination
- 21. largest source of agricultural pollution
- 22. dissolved salt
- 23. way that surface water is replenished
Down
- 1. largest use of groundwater
- 2. release of liquid petroleum into the water
- 3. can move depending on rainfall
- 6. makes up 3% of Earth's water resources
- 7. a resource that can be used repeatedly
- 8. sediments that transmit groundwater freely
- 9. contamination of bodies of water
- 10. spaces through out a rock layer
- 14. made of gravel, sandstone, or limestone
- 16. region where pore spaces are filled with water
- 17. an example is a stream, channel, reservoir, or bay
- 18. another name for the water cycle