Rivers

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Across
  1. 1. A surface that does not allow water to infiltrate
  2. 3. The unit used to measure discharge
  3. 7. A river floods when it exceeds ______ discharge
  4. 8. The low-lying flat land next to the river channel
  5. 9. Generated through hydroelectric dams built across rivers
  6. 11. ____ water is clean enough for human consumption
  7. 13. Wearing down of rocks
  8. 14. A small stream that feeds into the main river channel
  9. 15. When water travels vertically down the soil profile
Down
  1. 2. A natural storage of water in the soil profile
  2. 4. Sediments found in rivers
  3. 5. Dissolving of rock components by water
  4. 6. Precipitation in a solid state
  5. 9. The adding of waste or contaminants to an environment
  6. 10. Round holes on a river bed left by eroding pebbles
  7. 12. A common recreational use of rivers