Groundwater
Glaciers
Surface Water
Water Cycle
Darcy's Law
100
The ground surface where water enters an aquifer
What is a recharge zone
100
the tip of a mountain that has been eroded by glaciers
What is a Horn
100
An area of land drained by a river and its tributaries
What is a drainage basin
100
water flowing on the surface of the earth
What is run-off
100
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What is Discharge
200
Rock or soil with pore spaces that are completely full of water
What is Zone of saturation
200
A jagged ridge bwtwen glacial valleys
What is an Arete
200
A curve in a river
What is a meander
200
Change in phase from solid to liquid
What is melting
200
H1-H2/L
What is i or gradient
300
Rock or soil that contains more air than water in its pore spaces
What is the zone of Aeration
300
A bowl shaped depression carved into the side of a mountain by a glacier
What is a Cirque
300
The outside bank of a river meander where the water speeds up and sediment is eroded
What is a cutbank
300
water staying in a general area for a period of time
What is storage
300
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What is Hydraulic Conductivity
400
A large layer of rock or soil with pore spaces that are completely full of water
What is an Aquifer
400
More snow accumulating than melting over a long period of time forms this
What is a glacier
400
Where alluvium is deposited under water in a fanlike deposit at the mouth of a river
What is river delta
400
Phase change from a soilid to a gas
What is sublimation
400
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What is area of aquifer
500
An area above a cave where the caves roof has collapsed causing a hole or depression on the surface
What is a sinkhole
500
Grinding and plucking
What are two ways glaciers erode solid rock
500
Where alluvium is deposited in a fanlike deposit on dry land
What is an alluvial fan
500
Water given off to the atmosphere by plants
What is Transpiration
500
Darcy's nationality
What is French
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