WATER RESOURCES

1. also known as water cycle, the movement of water around Earth’s surface and its subsystems
5. largest ocean
7. water falls from clouds in the sky as rain, hail, snow, or sleet
8. movement of water through the soil and its layers
11. process where ice directly converts into vapor without converting into liquid water
12. process in which liquid water changes into vapor
13. encompasses the policies, strategies, and activities to manage fresh water as a sustainable resource
15. barriers constructed to contain the flow of water
17. process that allow water to move between each reservoirs and subsystems
20. ability of the rock or sediments to allow water to pass through it
22. partly enclosed coastal body of water where freshwater from stream meets the saltwater from the sea
23. moving body of surface water that flows downslope towards sea level due to gravity
25. permanent body of ice consisting largely of crystallized snow
28. large inland body of fresh or saline water
29. place where water resides for varying amount of time
30. process by which a high percentage of precipitation is returned from the atmosphere

2. process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
3. change of the physical state of matter from gas phase to liquid phase
4. average length of time spent by water molecule in a reservoir
6. volumetric rate of water
9. saltiness of saltwater
10. small and shallow lake
14. water-bearing land layer akin to a sponge
16. groundwater which emerged to the ground surface
18. moves and changes in form but is neither created nor destroyed
19. gaseous state of a substance
20. soil, rock, or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years
21. a mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 square km
24. the only planet where water in its liquid form exists
26. shallow wetland where grasses and reeds are the dominant vegetation
27. total amount of empty pore spaces in the rock
31. natural event wherein an area that is usually dry is submerged under water