Across
- 3. any land area that is covered with water for a part of the year
- 4. a body of water surrounded by land
- 7. a narrow pathway carved into sediment or rock by moving water
- 10. a depression in the ground caused by the collapse of a cave or by the direct dissolution of limestone by acidic water
- 13. a bend or curve in a stream channel that is caused by moving water
- 15. holes dug or drilled into the ground to reach an aquifer
- 19. a process in which water from precipitation replenishes the water content of an aquifer
- 20. water flowing downslope along Earth's surface
- 22. portion of a stream that consists of sand, pebbles, and cobbles that the stream's water can roll or push along the bed of the stream
- 23. the region below Earth's surface in which groundwater completely fills all the pores of a material
- 24. the process in which a stream actively resumes the process of downcutting towards its base level
- 25. natural discharges of water
- 26. the measure of the volume of stream water that flows past a particular location within a given period of time
- 27. a natural underground opening with a connection to Earth's surface
- 28. the method of transport for all particles small enough to be held up by the turbulence of a stream's moving water
- 29. permeable sediment and rock through which groundwater flows
- 30. mound-shaped dripstones that slowly build as water drips to the floor of a cave
- 32. a form of dripstone that hangs from the cave's ceiling like an icicle and forms gradually
- 33. the process by which precipitation that has fallen on land trickles into the ground and becomes groundwater
- 34. irregular topography with sinkholes, sinks, and sinking streams caused by groundwater dissolution of limestone
- 35. an impermeable barrier to groundwater flow
- 36. the process by which the surrounding watershed enriches bodies of water with nutrients that stimulate excessive plant growth
Down
- 1. an elevated land area that separates one watershed from another
- 2. hold moving water inside of them
- 5. fountain of water that spurts above the land surface when a well taps a confined aquifer containing water under pressure
- 6. the elevation at which a stream enters another stream or body of water
- 8. the broad, flat area that extends out from a stream's bank and is covered by excess water during times of flooding
- 9. the name for the upper boundary of the zone of saturation
- 11. in this, materials are moist, but because they are not saturated with water, air occupies much of the pores; located above the water table
- 12. the difference between the original water-table level and the water level in the pumped well
- 14. an explosive hot spring
- 16. a spring that discharges water that is much warmer than the average annual temperature (aka warm springs)
- 17. an often triangular deposit that forms where a stream enters a large body of water
- 18. the ability of a material to let water pass through it
- 21. occurs when water spills over the sides of a stream's banks and onto the adjacent land
- 31. consists of all of the land area whose water drains into a stream system