vocab #11

5. a smaller stream or river that feeds into a main river
6. a well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer
7. an underground layer of rock or soil that holds water
8. characteristic of a material that is full of tiny, connected air spaces that water can sleep through
9. the top of the saturated zone or the depth to the groundwater under earth’s surface
10. the hand area that supplies water to a river system
11. the process by which nutrients in a lake build up overtime causing an increase in the growth of algae
12. a land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year

1. a characteristics of materials such as clay and granite through which water does not easily pass
2. a lake that stores water for human use
3. a layer of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water
4. a layer of rocks and soil above water table in which pores contain air as well as water