Water
Watershed
Groundwater
Wells and Springs
Miscellaneous
100
The tributaries that combine with other streams and rivers.
What is the River System?
100
Land that drains into one system.
What is a watershed?
100
A rock that prevents water from going further into the ground is known to be this.
What is impermeable?
100
A spring formed in between two impermeable layer of rock.
What is an Artesian Well?
100
Lake formed from build up of mud and lava.
What is a volcano lake?
200
Flowing of a smaller river into a larger one.
What is a Tributary?
200
The two highland areas that seperates a watershed
What is Divide?
200
The top part of the saturated zone.
What is the water table?
200
A hot spring that intermittently shoots columns of hot water and steam. (think Old Faithful)
What is a geyser?
200
Plants form of perspiring?
What is Transpiration?
300
Shallow and sunlight reaches the bottom.
What is a pond?
300
During a major storm rivers and streams can overflow their banks and spill out into this flat, low lying area.
What is flood plain?
300
Water that flows underground.
What is an aquifer?
300
The area where water is filtered through top part of the soil.
What is unsaturated zone?
300
Largest watershed in US.
What is Mississippi Watershed?
400
Man-made or natural. Used by humans.
What is a reservoir?
400
A river that goes over its banks is called.
What is flood?
400
Water running through material with large pebbles
What is permeable?
400
Piped below the water table.
Where would you would drill for a well?
400
Due to decaying material a meadow forms.
What is Eutrophication?
500
Tends to have algae growth.
What is a pond?
500
A bend in a stream.
What is a meander?
500
Water that can come out of rock below the water table due to pressure.
What is a spring?
500
Oil on the ground can can cause pollution in.
What is Groundwater?
500
Pulling apart of the land causes a split on the surface forming this.
What is a Rift Valley Lake?
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