CHAPTER 4: WATER RESOURCES

2. and chlorine ions the major chemical elements present in seawater are
4. land areas where water covers the surface for significant period
5. wetlands with lush trees and vegetation found in low lying
8. the saltiness of salt water is called
12. vapor evaporated water
14. time time the average of length of time
15. the change from liquid or solid,to occur
18. fresh water found in the rock and soil layers beneath the surface
19. is a natural vent wherein an area that is usually dry is submerged underwater
20. a shallow wetland around lakes

1. flooding when water overwhelm in low lying ocean
3. rain that falls intro the land surface penetrates the soil in a process
6. is a partly enclosed coastal body of water
7. the total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock
9. large in lands body of fresh or saline water
10. the part of earth subsystem containing the oceans lakes streams snow and rain
11. moving body of surface water that flows downslope towards sea level
13. cycle water cycle
16. is a permanent body of ice
17. a soil rock sediments that is frozen for more that two consecutive years called