Across
- 3. water-bearing land layer akin to a sponge
- 7. process that allow water to move between each reservoirs and subsystems
- 8. barriers constructed to contain the flow of water
- 9. place where water resides for varying amount of time
- 10. groundwater which emerged to the ground surface
- 15. change of the physical state of matter from gas phase to liquid phase
- 17. process by which a high percentage of precipitation is returned from the atmosphere
- 19. gaseous state of a substance
- 21. permanent body of ice consisting largely of crystallized snow
- 22. moving body of surface water that flows downslope towards sea level due to gravity
- 23. the only planet where water in its liquid form exists
- 24. water falls from clouds in the sky as rain, hail, snow, or sleet
- 26. process where ice directly converts into vapor without converting into liquid water
- 27. shallow wetland where grasses and reeds are the dominant vegetation
- 28. moves and changes in form but is neither created nor destroyed
Down
- 1. a mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 square km
- 2. largest ocean
- 4. also known as water cycle, the movement of water around Earth’s surface and its subsystems
- 5. large inland body of fresh or saline water
- 6. saltiness of saltwater
- 7. total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock
- 11. movement of water through the soil and its layers
- 12. encompasses the policies, strategies, and activities to manage fresh water as a sustainable resource
- 13. soil, rock, or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years
- 14. process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
- 16. process in which liquid water changes into vapor
- 18. natural event wherein an area that is usually dry is submerged under water
- 20. ability of the rock or sediments to allow water to pass through it
- 25. partly enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater from stream meets the saltwater from the sea
- 26. volumetric rate of water