Water Resources Crossword

1. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
4. excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
6. the state or quality of being interconnected.
9. characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts.
13. the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent.
15. landscape that requires little or no irrigation
18. a structure created in the ground by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water.
19. a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
23. the process by which water-soluble salts accumulate in the soil.
25. a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
27. provided as a service for people in a community
28. a structure built across a river or stream to hold back water.
30. an underground boundary between the soil surface and the area where groundwater saturates spaces between sediments and cracks in rock.
31. a body of water that is surrounded by land.
32. pollution that cannot be traced to a specific source.
34. the area in which water enters an aquifer.
35. a naturally flowing course of water.

2. a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
3. not allowing fluid to pass through.
5. water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
7. a polluting or poisonous substance that makes something impure.
8. the artificial process of applying controlled amounts of water to land to assist in production of crops.
10. pollution that can be traced to a specific source.
11. a supply of materials for people, plants, and animals to live.
12. (in waterways) an instance of turning something aside from its course.
14. allowing for liquids or gases to pass through.
16. a level of how basic or acidic something is
17. a result of an aquifer being filled to the point that the water overflows onto the land surface.
20. to flow slowly through porous holes
21. water that has a high concentration of salt.
22. how wet or moist something is.
24. any water that has been contaminated by human use.
26. an area of land that drains or “sheds” water into a specific waterbody.
29. an artificial waterway.
33. a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.