Water vocab

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Across
  1. 2. agricultural cultivation of plants in greenhouse conditions by immersing roots in a nutrient rich solution
  2. 6. body of water created by damming a river or stream
  3. 8. Style of landscaping that removes water intensive vegetation from lawns and replaces it with more water efficient native landscaping
  4. 13. surface that doesn't allow water penetration
  5. 16. area lacking groundwater due to rapid withdrawal by a well
  6. 17. well created by drilling into a confined aquifer
  7. 18. canal or ditch used to carry water from one location to another
  8. 20. structure to prevent ocean waters from flooding adjacent land
  9. 23. total daily per capita use of fresh water
  10. 25. essential to life, 70% of the world is covered in
  11. 26. Table uppermost level at which the water in a given area fully saturates rock or soil
  12. 27. process which water percolates through the soil and works its way into an aquifer
  13. 28. stair like structure that allows migrating fish to get over a dam
  14. 29. land adjacent to a river
  15. 31. purifying salt water by a process of heating and collecting the steam which is condensed to yield pure water
Down
  1. 1. 1.2% of the world's usable water
  2. 3. aquifer surrounded by a layer of impermeable rock or clay that impedes water flow
  3. 4. style of landscaping that removes water intensive vegetation from lawns and replaces it with more water efficient native land
  4. 5. natural water source of water formed when water from an aquifer percolates up to the ground surface
  5. 7. Total daily per capita use of fresh water
  6. 9. enlarged bank built up on each side of the river
  7. 10. Cultivation of plants in greenhouse conditions by immersing roots in a nutrientrich water
  8. 11. aquifer made of porous rock covered by soil out of which water can easily flow
  9. 12. permeable layer of rock and sediment that contains groundwater
  10. 14. process of removing salt from water
  11. 15. wastewater from baths, showers, bathroom sinks, washing machines
  12. 19. the water that fills all pore spaces in the sediments and rocks below the water table
  13. 21. wastewater from toilets, kitchen sinks, dishwashers
  14. 22. 97% of the world's water
  15. 24. Process of desalination - water is forced through a thin semipermeable membrane at high pressure
  16. 30. barrier that runs across a river or stream to control the flow of water