All About Rivers

5. water transferring to the atmosphere by evaporation from soils, surfaces, and from plants
6. deposit of material by a flowing stream, produces very fertile soils
8. area that is frequently covered with water due to flooding, made of sediments
10. Winding movement of a water channel
11. Ice and snow melting or evaporation process
12. water moving past a point, measured in cubic feet per second
16. process in which plants use water and turn it into water vapor
18. amount of water moving through channel, measured using cubic feet per second
19. Study of water; specifically occurrence, movement distribution, physical/ chemical properties, interactions with the environment

1. Liquid or solid transferring from one state to a gaseous state
2. U shaped river caused by a meander that was eventually cut off
3. a mixture of material that is used on the side if rivers to stop erosion
4. water that is found under the Earth’s surface
7. man made structure used to transport water
9. a stream that enters a larger water body
13. a land area where all the water that moves on the surface enters into a lake, stream or river
14. body of water that can be man made or naturally occurring
15. small body of water
17. the lowest axial area of a stream