Watershed Vocab

2. Continuous movement of water through the atmosphere, surface, and groundwater.
6. Area of land draining into a particular body of water.
8. Source of stream or river.
11. Arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
12. Contaminants that degrade water quality, often from industrial activities, agriculture, and improper waste disposal.
15. Water that is found on the surface of the Earth, such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
16. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the ground, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
17. Excessive withdrawal of water for agricultural, industrial, or domestic use.
18. Primary pathway through which water flows in a watershed.
19. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than infiltrating into the soil.
20. Formation that can store and transmit groundwater.

1. Benefits provided by natural systems, including clean water, flood regulation, and habitat provision.
3. Process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.
4. Smaller streams or rivers that flowing into a larger one.
5. Strategies to protect and manage water resources, including sustainable practices and reducing pollution.
7. Collecting and storing rainwater for future use.
9. Process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
10. The process by which water enters the soil and becomes groundwater.
13. End point where the watershed drains into a larger body of water.
14. Water stored in aquifers beneath the Earth's surface.