Science Crossword

3. land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.
5. water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
8. occurs when there is more water than land can absorb.
9. a body of water surrounded by land
10. to separate into two or more parts, areas, or groups.
12. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
14. water underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface.
15. the discharge of sediment particles that are too heavy to be suspended by the turbulent action of the flow.

1. the movement and filtering of fluids through porous materials.
2. an area of land that channels rainfall, snowmelt, and runoff into a common body of water.
4. a tributary stream that runs parallel to the main river
6. an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river.
7. a fast-flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river.
11. a method of transporting very fine sediment in a river
13. a ribbon-like body of water that flows downhill from the force of gravity