Water Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. A continuously moving mass of water that flows into a sea, ocean or another river.
  2. 6. A fertile plain where a river has deposited sediments.
  3. 7. A huge mass of water surrounding continents and separating them from each other.
  4. 9. A mass of floating ice.
  5. 11. Large mass of water that is smaller than an ocean and partly enclosed by land.
  6. 13. An undulation of the surface of sea water caused by the wind.
  7. 14. A triangular area near the river mouth.
  8. 15. The daily rise and fall of the water level in oceans and seas.
  9. 16. The volume of water a river carries.
  10. 17. The area occupied by the main river and its tributaries.
Down
  1. 1. Large body of water, similar to a river, that flows throw the oceans.
  2. 3. A lake containing saltwater.
  3. 4. A mass of ice created by the accumulation of snow.
  4. 5. A permanent mass of water that has accumulated in an inland basin.
  5. 8. The direction in which a river flows.
  6. 10. Water that is stored beneath the Earth’s surface.
  7. 12. A river that flows into another river.