science vocab hydrosphere

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