Watershed Crossword

4. A stream that flows, dries up and flows again at different times of the year (E).
5. The river that flows beginning near Mount Calm and flows south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos, Grimes, and Washington counties converge.
7. An excess substances in a body of water; the contamination of water by substances that are harmful to living things.
9. A drainage area, generally made up of many smaller units called watersheds; area of land drained to form a river.
11. A stream that flows, dries up and flows again at different times of the year (T).
12. The process of particles carried in water falling out of suspension; deposition of silt, sand, rock, and other matter carried by water.
14. Impurities, including pollution or pollutants, in water that can make it unfit for drinking or for supporting life.
15. A stream that flows into a larger stream or other body of water.
16. Water and all things that live in or around water.
17. A partly enclosed body of water along the coast where one or more streams or rivers enter and mix freshwater with saltwater.
18. The wearing away of land surface materials, especially rocks, sediments, and soils, by the action of water, wind, or ice; usually includes the movement of such materials from their original location.
19. Water pollution that comes from a single source or outlet.
20. A stream that flows for most or all of the year.

1. River basin that we live in.
2. The basins that include the areas of coastal plains, peninsulas, and islands that lie adjacent to and between the main river basins.
3. The high ground where precipitation first collects and flows downhill, to small to create a permanent channel.
6. Water pollution that comes from a combination of many sources rather than a single outlet (has a dash as he 4th blank).
8. Our closest recreational puplic lake.
10. The watershed, sub-watershed, and sub-sub-watershed that includes a particular location.
13. All the land from which water drains into a specific body of water.