Hydrosphere Vocab

3. a wetland dominated by grasses
5. basin the term used to describe an area that drains into a large river
8. a wetland dominated by peat moss
10. a wetland dominated by trees
11. A small channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope—made of small gullies.
12. the largest bodies of water on Earth (contain salt water only)
13. The water found in cracks and pores in sand, gravel and rocks below the earth's surface
17. a large piece of freshwater ice floating in open waters.

1. Is a rock layer that stores water and allows water to flow through it.
2. A body of water of considerable size contained on a body of land.
4. Well a well in which water rises because of pressure within aquifer.
5. A large channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope—made of many streams that come together.
6. the part of the earth that contains water.
7. a lake that stores water for human use.
9. any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land
14. the term used to describe an area that drains into a smaller river or stream.
15. a stream feeding a larger stream or a lake
16. An area where the water table is at, near or above the land surface long enough during the year to support adapted plant growth.