Across
- 2. An area where the water table is at, near or above the land surface long enough during the year to support adapted plant growth.
- 3. the largest bodies of water on Earth
- 4. a small channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope—made of small gullies.
- 6. a well in which water rises because of pressure within aquifer
- 11. a large piece of freshwater ice floating in open waters
- 13. a stream feeding a larger stream or a lake
- 14. the part of the earth that contains water
- 15. a lake that stores water for human use
- 16. a wetland dominated by grasses
Down
- 1. a wetland dominated by trees
- 2. the term used to describe an area that drains into a smaller river or stream.
- 5. the water found in cracks and pores in sand, gravel and rocks below the earth’s surface.
- 7. Is a rock layer that stores water and allows water to flow through it.
- 8. a body of water of considerable size contained on a body of land.
- 9. a wetland dominated by peat moss
- 10. a large channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope—made of many streams that come together.
- 12. any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land
