Rivers
Watershed
Groundwater
Wells and Springs
Minerals in Groundwater
100
The tributaries that combine with other streams and rivers.
What is the River System?
100
The area of land that is drained into a water system.
What is a watershed or drainage basin
100
A rock that prevents water from going further into the ground.
What is impermeable
100
A spring formed in between two impermeable layer of rock.
What is an Artesian Well
100
A circular depression on the ground caused by the caving in of the roof un a cave.
What is a sink hole
200
The primary method of transporting pebbles.
What is Bedload?
200
The two highland areas that divide a watershed
What is Divide
200
Boundary between the zone of aeration and zone of saturation
What is water table
200
A hot spring that intermittently shoots columns of hot water and steam.
What is a geyser
200
Calcium deposits come from
What is Limestone
300
Water that looks muddy or dirty in a river.
What is suspended load
300
During a flood a river carries.
What is sediments
300
A rock layer that can store water underground and allow water to move
What is a aquifer
300
The area where water is filtered through to the zone of saturation
What is zone or aeration
300
Dissolved minerals create what two cave formations
What are stalagmites and stalactites
400
The path the river or stream follows.
What is channel
400
A river that goes over its banks is called
What is flood
400
Water running through material with large pebbles
What is high permeability
400
A human-made hole that goes deeper than the level of the water table
What is a well
400
when the stalactites and the stalagmites join together
What is a dripstone column
500
The process that material is laid down or dropped.
What is Deposition
500
Two of the most well known watersheds.
What is the mississippi and nile
500
Water that can come out of rock below the water table.
What is a spring
500
Oil on the ground can can cause pollution in.
What is Groundwater
500
The process by which many caves are formed
What is erosion of limestone underground
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