Watersheds Broset 2025

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Across
  1. 4. the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil
  2. 8. living organisms in an environment
  3. 12. process of a body of water receiving too many nutrients causing dead zones where nothing can survive
  4. 14. the place an organism lives and that provides the things it needs to live or survive
  5. 15. vital estuary we live near
  6. 16. water that travels along the ground surface rather than sinking into the ground
  7. 17. a coastal inlet or bay where freshwater mixes with salty ocean water
  8. 18. when the banks of a river overflow
Down
  1. 1. land that water can pass through easily is called _________.
  2. 2. a small stream that flows into a larger stream or river
  3. 3. contaminants that degrade water quality, often from industrial activities, agricultural, and improper waste disposal
  4. 5. line that splits two watersheds
  5. 6. an area of land that drains into a particular water body
  6. 7. important element for plants to grow often found in large amounts in fertilizers
  7. 9. water found underground in the cracks, pores, and spaces in soil, sand, and rocks
  8. 10. made of a living community and the non-living factors that affect it
  9. 11. any form of water such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the Earth's surface
  10. 13. non-living factors in an environment