Across
- 3. Water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
- 8. The upper limit of the saturation zone
- 9. Water from a sea or ocean that has an average salinity of 35 ppt.
- 13. Water that flows over land surface
- 14. The process that changes liquid water to gaseous water (water vapor)
- 15. Water stored in cracks and pores beneath Earth’s surface
- 16. The system containing all the solid and liquid water on Earth
Down
- 1. A process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of microorganisms that may deplete the water of oxygen
- 2. An area of land that drains all streams to a common outlet
- 4. When water soaks into the soil and moves into the pores and cracks of the rocks.
- 5. Water that fills lakes and rivers
- 6. The process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water
- 7. Contamination of environment with substances harmful to life
- 10. Area of permeable sediment or rock that hold significant amounts of water
- 11. Water that has less than 0.2 percent salt content
- 12. low-oxygen, or hypoxic, areas in the world's oceans and lakes.