Across
- 1. A rough measure of the volume of freshwater that we use to stay alive and to support our lifestyles.
- 4. Access to clean water is a __.
- 5. long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
- 11. __ is the freshwater that is not directly consumed but is used to produce food and other products.
- 12. bodies of densely packed, slowly melting snow
- 13. __ is a limited resource.
- 14. Solid form of water
- 16. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
- 18. Gas form of water
Down
- 2. Aquifers have to __.
- 3. artificial lake
- 6. __ accounts for about 92% of humanity’s water footprint.
- 7. Underground caverns of water
- 8. The land from which surface runoff drains into a body of water is called __.
- 9. freshwater from rain/melted ice that flows across Earth's surface.
- 10. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
- 14. __ counts for as much as 85% of freshwater use.
- 15. a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
- 17. A structure built across a river to control its flow.
- 19. The ocean is the body of saltwater that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth