Watershed Crossword

4. a drainage area, generally made up of many smaller units called watersheds; area of land drained to form a river
6. a river in east texas
7. water pollution that comes from a single source or outlet
11. all the land from which water drains into a specific body of water
13. the watershed, sub-watershed, and sub-sub-watershed that includes a particular location
14. deposition of silt, sand, rock, and other matter carried by water
16. a stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water
17. a river rising in northwest texas
19. harmful substances in water that can make it unfit for drinking or for supporting aquatic resources
20. a substance that contaminates the water, air, or soil

1. a body of flowing water
2. these basins include the areas of coastal plains, peninsulas and islands that lie adjacent to and between the main river basins for which the coastal basin is named
3. a stream that flows, dries up and flows again at different times of the year
5. water pollution that comes from a combination of many sources rather than a single outlet
8. a stream that floes, dries up and floes again at different times of the year
9. s partly enclosed body of water along the coast where one or more streams or rivers enter and mix freshwater with saltwater
10. where spring water flows from an aquifer and starts a stream
12. a stream that flows for most or all of the year
15. the wearing away of land surface materials, especially rocks, sediments, an soils, by the action of water, wind, or ice
18. a power plant cooling reservoir