Watershed Vocabulary

3. Excessive withdrawal of water for many purposes
4. The endpoint where the water drains into a larger body of water
6. The source of a river or stream
9. Contaminates that degrade the water over time, often caused by industrial reasons
11. The harvesting of rainwater for a multitude of uses
13. An area of land that drains into a particular body of water
14. Water that is found on the surface of Earth
15. Water stored in aquifers beneath the Earth
17. An underground geological formation that can store and transmit water

1. The process in which a water changes from a liquid to a gas
2. Benefits provided by natural systems, including clean water, flood regulation, etc
5. Smaller streams or rivers that flow into a larger one
7. The arrangement of the artificial and natural physical features of an area
8. The process in which water enters the ground and becomes groundwater
10. The continuous movement of water through the atmosphere, surface, and ground water
12. The primary pathway through which water flows through a watershed
16. Water that runs off the surface rather than infiltrating