Structure of the Hydrosphere Vocabulary

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