Across
- 4. protection, preservation, management, or restoration of natural resources, such as water.
- 5. A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger bodies of water; or the bed of a stream or river.
- 9. A fleshy, typically large fruit with a hard skin, some varieties of which are dried and used as containers (historically used to carry water).
- 12. The ability or right to use or approach something (in the context of water, this could refer to access to clean drinking water or water resources).
- 13. come to have or obtain something (in the context of water, this could refer to acquiring water rights or new sources of water).
- 14. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the ground, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
- 16. cycle, The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.
- 17. The gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air (in the context of water, the atmosphere plays a crucial role in the water cycle through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation).
- 19. The long-term average weather conditions of an area (climate significantly influences water availability through patterns of precipitation and evaporation).
- 21. Water flowing over the surface of the ground, often carrying dissolved materials and small particles.
- 22. An area or division having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries (water availability and management often vary by geographic region).
- 23. process by which water vapor in the air changes into liquid water, typically forming clouds or dew.
- 24. A result or effect of an action or condition (in the context of water, this could refer to the consequences of water pollution or water scarcity).
Down
- 1. The state of being in short supply; shortage (specifically related to the insufficient availability of water resources).
- 2. An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
- 3. water, Naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater within aquifers, that has a low concentration of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.
- 4. An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation.
- 6. A state in which there is not enough of something, especially water, to meet people's or needs.
- 7. The quality of being able to be used or obtained (in the context of water, this refers to the amount of water readily accessible for use).
- 8. The route taken by a river, stream, or canal.
- 10. The maximum amount that something can contain or hold (in the context of water, this could refer to the capacity of a reservoir or a pipe).
- 11. The action or process of supplying something (in the context of water, this refers to the system of delivering water to various locations).
- 15. To use up the supply or resources of something, especially water, often rapidly or completely.
- 18. The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
- 20. An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds groundwater.