Across
- 1. headwaters of a river or stream is the furthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river or keeps going.
- 3. flow flow that occurs overland in places where there are no defined channels
- 4. is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass
- 6. is the change of water from its gaseous form (water vapor) into liquid water.
- 8. process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves
- 11. the movement of and connections between people, goods, and/or information on the Earth's surface.
- 13. terrain alongside the bed of a river, creek, or stream
- 15. affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream
- 16. The area that drains into a single river
- 17. A flowing together of two or more streams
- 19. relatively narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
Down
- 2. A type of weathering in which surface soil and rock are worn away through the action of glaciers, water, and wind.
- 5. product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour that falls under gravity
- 7. is where much of this gravel, sand, silt, and clay—called alluvium—is deposited
- 9. a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs from the surface of a liquid into a gaseous phase
- 10. the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
- 12. the bed or channel in which a river flows.
- 13. basin is an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries
- 14. off is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the earth's surface.
- 18. area is the area from which a city, service or institution attracts a population that use their services