Watersheds and Water Sources Vocabulary:

1. Area of land that drains into a particular water body.
6. smaller streams or rivers that flow into a larger one.
8. continuous movement of water through the atmosphere, surface, and groundwater.
9. water that falls from clouds and reaches the ground as rain, snow, sleet, hail.
10. Geological formation that can store and transmit groundwater.
11. the source of a river or stream.
13. ways to protect and manage water resources, like stable practices and reducing pollution.
16. water that flows over the ground surface rather than infiltrating into the soil.
17. end point where the watershed drains into a larger body of water.
18. water stored in aquifers beneath the earths surface.
19. improper waste disposal often from industrial or agricultural activities.
20. water found on the surface of the earth, rivers, lakes, ect.

2. Benefits provided by natural systems, including clean water, flood regulation, and habitat provision.
3. water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
4. main pathway water flows in a watershed.
5. water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.
7. collecting and storing rainwater for future use.
12. water enters the soil and become groundwater.
14. Excessive withdrawal of water for agricultural, industrial, or domestic use.
15. an areas arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features.