Freshwater Vocabulary

1. The volume of water that flows through a stream or river in a specific amount of time (measured in volume/time).
3. The material carried by a river or stream.
7. land along a river
8. A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake usually fans out over a large area.
13. lake A crescent-shaped lake that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel.
14. Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
15. The steepness of the land
19. A process in which water is supplied to the land by humans.
20. A larger channel in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm or snow melt.

2. Any sloping path that runoff runs through
4. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
5. Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)
6. A body of (usually fresh) water completely surrounded by land.
9. A man-made barrier constructed to contain the flow of water made of earth materials.
10. bloom A process by which nutrients, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen, become highly concentrated in a body of water, leading to increased growth of microbes. This leads to a toxic environment for other organisms.
11. flat areas adjacent to rivers which often flood after large amounts of precipitation
12. An area of high land that separates one watershed from another.
16. A stream or river that flows into a larger river.
17. A curve or loop in a river
18. The smallest type of channel