Watersheds and Water Sources

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Across
  1. 3. benefits provided by natural systems
  2. 5. area of land that drain into a particular water body
  3. 8. any form of water that fall from the cloud and touches the ground
  4. 10. contaminants that degrade water quality
  5. 11. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than infiltrating into the soil
  6. 15. water that is found on the surface of the Earth(rivers, lakes and reservoirs)
  7. 17. end point where the watershed drains int a larger body of water
  8. 18. collecting and storing rainwater for future use
  9. 19. continuous movement of water through the atmosphere, surface, and groundwater.
  10. 20. process by which changes form a liquid to a gas or vapor
Down
  1. 1. water stored in aquifers beneath the Earth's surface
  2. 2. process by which water vapor in the air is changed into a liquid water
  3. 4. excessive withdrawal of water for various usages
  4. 6. smaller streams or rivers that flow into a larger one
  5. 7. strategies to protect and manage water resources
  6. 9. the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area
  7. 12. source of a river or stream
  8. 13. geological formation that can store and transmit groundwater
  9. 14. process by which water enters the soil and becomes groundwater
  10. 16. primary pathway through which water flows in a watershed