Across
- 2. Water with a very low mineral content, typically defined as less than 1 GPG
- 5. Water that has a high mineral content
- 7. The number of heat units needed to raise the temperature of a body by one degree.
- 8. Water erosion is defined as the process of soil detachment and transport by factors such as rainfall, runoff, and melting snow.
- 13. A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
- 14. The timing and total yield of water from a watershed,
- 15. The alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.
Down
- 1. A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea.
- 3. The laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.
- 4. A measure of how far down light can penetrate through the water column.
- 6. Chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water based on the standards of its usage.
- 9. A concentration (as in a solution) of salt.
- 10. liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea.
- 11. Safe to drink; drinkable.
- 12. Are the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind (Coriolis Effect), and water density.