Across
- 2. all the water in the universe
- 3. water sticks to other water
- 9. the timing and total yield of water from a watershed
- 10. water sticks to another surface
- 13. after being precipitated falls off in another area
- 16. a large salty body of water
- 19. an area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding.
- 21. plankton consisting of microscopic plants.
- 22. the quality or degree of being saline.
- 23. second largest portion of freshwater
- 25. land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.
Down
- 1. an opening in the sea floor out of which heated mineral-rich water flows.
- 4. allows animals to walk on water
- 5. the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
- 6. zone nutrients are carried from this zone
- 7. the portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries
- 8. body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
- 11. any single identifiable source of pollution from which pollutants are discharged
- 12. the water the can go up
- 14. when nutrients from the top of the ocean come to the top
- 15. the quality of being cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter.
- 17. zone where most animals live\
- 18. a triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets.
- 20. how you can tell if water is acidic base or neutral
- 24. the lowest level of the ocean to which light can penetrate.
