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