Across
- 3. a loop like curve or bend in a river
- 5. the area where water fills all of the pore spaces in sediment and rock
- 9. the course the water in a stream follows
- 10. The percentage of the total volume of rock or sediment that consists of pore spaces
- 11. the slope or steepness of a stream channel
- 12. the lowest point to which a stream can erode its channel
Down
- 1. the volume of water flowing past a certain point over time
- 2. an area that has a land surface or topography with numerous depressions called sinkholes
- 4. the land area that contributes water to a stream
- 6. the upper limit of the zone of saturation
- 7. an accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or ocean
- 8. when the discharge of a stream becomes so great that it exceeds the capacity of its channel and overflows its banks
- 10. its ability to transmit a fluid
- 13. Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely