Watershed Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Services Benefits provided by natural systems, including clean water,
  2. 3. An area of land that drains into a particular water body.
  3. 8. Smaller streams or rivers that flow into a larger one.
  4. 12. practices and reducing pollution.
  5. 14. and reservoirs.
  6. 15. terms should help reinforce the key concepts from your notes.
  7. 19. Strategies to protect and manage water resources, including
  8. 21. A geological formation that can store and transmit groundwater.
  9. 22. Channel The primary pathway through which water flows in a watershed.
  10. 24. The end point where the watershed drains into a larger body of water.
  11. 25. regulation, and habitat provision.
  12. 27. Harvesting Collecting and storing rainwater for future use.
Down
  1. 2. The process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid
  2. 4. groundwater.
  3. 5. and improper waste disposal.
  4. 6. The source of a river or stream.
  5. 7. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than infiltrating into the
  6. 9. The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
  7. 10. as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
  8. 11. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the ground,
  9. 13. The process by which water enters the soil and becomes groundwater.
  10. 16. The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an
  11. 17. Water Water that is found on the surface of the Earth, such as rivers,
  12. 18. Water stored in aquifers beneath the Earth's surface.
  13. 20. Cycle The continuous movement of water through the atmosphere, surface,
  14. 23. Contaminants that degrade water quality, often from industrial activities,
  15. 26. Excessive withdrawal of water for agricultural, industrial, or domestic