Watershed vocab

3. Benefits provided by natural systems, including clean water, flood regulation, and habitat provision.
6. Excessive withdrawal of water for agricultural, industrial, or domestic use.
7. The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
11. : Contaminants that degrade water quality, often from industrial activities, agriculture, and improper waste disposal.
14. Smaller streams or rivers that flow into a larger one.
17. Collecting and storing rainwater for future use.
19. : Strategies to protect and manage water resources, including sustainable practices and reducing pollution.

1. The continuous movement of water through the atmosphere, surface, and groundwater.
2. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the ground, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
4. Water that flows over the ground surface rather than infiltrating into the soil.
5. The source of a river or stream.
8. Water stored in aquifers beneath the Earth's surface.
9. The primary pathway through which water flows in a watershed.
10. An area of land that drains into a particular water body.
12. end point where the watershed drains into a larger body of water.
13. The continuous movement of water through the atmosphere, surface, and groundwater.
15. Water that is found on the surface of the Earth, such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
16. : The process by which water enters the soil and becomes groundwater
18. A geological formation that can store and transmit groundwater.