Chapter 3: Watershed Address

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Across
  1. 3. a low lying area of land that is saturated with moisture
  2. 5. the wearing away of land surface materials, especially rocks, sediments, and soils, by the action of water, wind, or ice; usually includes the movement of such materials from their original location
  3. 7. a stream that flows, dries up and flows again at different times of the year
  4. 10. all the land from which water drains into a specific body of water
  5. 11. a stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water
  6. 13. comes from a combination of many sources rather than a single outlet
  7. 15. Its three main upper forks are the Double Mountain, Salt, and Clear forks
  8. 17. beginning near Mount Calm and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos, Grimes, and Washington counties converge.
  9. 18. the land drained by a river
  10. 19. the process of particles carried in water falling out of suspension; deposition of silt, sand, rock, and other matter carried by water
  11. 20. when water runs off of a sloped surface
Down
  1. 1. all the land from which water drains into a specific body of water
  2. 2. a stream that flows, dries up and flows again at different times of the year
  3. 4. comes from a single source that people can identify
  4. 6. power plant cooling reservoir in Brazos County
  5. 8. the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
  6. 9. a stream that has flowing water in it all year long
  7. 12. the movement of water from earth's surface into the soil
  8. 14. the process by which molecules of a liquid absorb energy and change to a gas state
  9. 16. at the top of the watershed is the land