Across
- 3. Strategies to protect and manage water resources, including sustainable practices and reducing pollution
- 5. The end point where the watershed drains into a larger body of water
- 11. Water that flows over the grounds surface rather than infiltrating into the soil
- 12. An area of land that drains into a particular water body
- 18. When water enters soil and becomes groundwater
- 19. Collecting and storing rainwater for future use
- 20. Benefits provided by natural systems, including clean water, flood regulation, adn habitat provision
Down
- 1. The primary pathway through which water flows in a watershed
- 2. Water stored in aquafiers beneath earths surface
- 4. The source of a river or stream
- 6. Water changes from a liquid into gas or vapor
- 7. Water vapor is changed into liquid water
- 8. Water that is found on the surface of the earth such as rivers, lakes and reservoirs
- 9. Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the ground such as rain
- 10. Contaminants that degrade water quality, often from industrial activities
- 13. Excessive withdrawal of water for agricultural, industrial, or domestic use
- 14. The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area
- 15. Smaller streams or rivers that flow into a larger one
- 16. A geological formation that can store and transmit groundwater
- 17. The continuous movement of water through the atmosphere, surface, and groundwater