Surface and Groundwater

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Across
  1. 1. explosive hot springs that erupt at regular intervals
  2. 3. hole dug or drilled deep into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater drawdown the difference between the original water table level and the water level after a well or well system has used a significant amount of water
  3. 6. the ability of a material to let water pass through it
  4. 8. formations of calcium carbonate that hang from a caves ceiling
  5. 10. a high land area that separates one watershed from another
  6. 11. the flowing of water downslope on the Earth's surface
  7. 12. wells wells that are drilled down to reach aquifers and spurt to the surface like a fountain
  8. 13. a triangular deposit that forms where a stream enters a large body of water
  9. 15. a natural underground opening with a connection to Earths surface
  10. 16. formations of calcium carbonate that build from the floor of a cave
  11. 18. when drawdowns are replenished by precipitation or runoff
  12. 20. when a stream actively resumes the process of downcutting toward it's base level
Down
  1. 2. is the process by which lakes become rich in nutrients from the surrounding watershed, thereby resulting in a change in the kinds of organisms in the lake wetland a land area that is covered with water for a large part of the year
  2. 3. a stream system in which all of a land areas water drains into
  3. 4. a permeable underground layer through which groundwater flows relatively easily
  4. 5. Zone of _____ - the depth below Earths surface at which g
  5. 7. a bend or curve in a stream channel caused by moving water
  6. 9. the process by which precipitation that has fallen on land surfaces enters the ground and becomes groundwater
  7. 10. the measure of the volume of stream water that flows over a particular location within a given period of time (width x depth x velocity)
  8. 14. the percentage of pore space (small openings) in a material
  9. 17. a natural discharge of groundwater at Earths surface where an aquifer and an aquiclude come in contact
  10. 19. ______ Topography the name given to a limestone region with cave systems, sinkholes, and sinking streams