Across
- 4. A form of water with a high concentration of calcium and magnesium
- 5. A disturbance of water along the surface in the form of moving ridges
- 7. Ability of a species to be able to survive in an environmental niche
- 10. Purification of a substance by evaporating and condensing liquid into a receiver
- 11. Minerals or bits of organic matter deposited by bodies of water
- 13. A flowing movement in a body of matter that allows a recognizable course
- 15. Characteristics used to decribe a stream or river
- 16. Observation or keeping track for specific purposes
- 17. Periodic rise and fall of water produced by the attraction of the moon
- 19. Process where pure water is produced by forcing undrinkable water through a semipermeable membrane
- 21. A ridge or high ground forming a divide between two drainage basins
- 22. A large mass of ice that accumulates snow faster than it melts and is always moving
Down
- 1. The general weather conditions of a certain region including temperature or rainfall
- 2. Waste that passes through sewers
- 3. The laying down of sediments in a body of water or accumulation of minerals
- 6. Highest point of land on a continent
- 8. A variety of organisms in an ecosystem
- 9. Amount of salt dissolved in water
- 12. Process where the surface of the earth is worn away by the actions of water: glaciers and rivers
- 14. A triangular mass of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river
- 18. A drinkable form of water
- 20. Having sediments or a cloudy texture in water
- 23. Liquid that falls off from the land into nearby bodies of water