The Hydrosphere
Where is the largest percentage of freshwater found
What are glaciers, icebergs, and icecaps
The steps of the water cycle are
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration and runoff
This is the number of river basins in NC.
What is 17
This is land that is covered in a shallow layer of water most or all of the year.
What is a wetland?
Almost all of the water in the hydrosphere is located...
What is in the ocean
A river basin is defined as...
What is all the land that drains into a river
These are 3 types of wetlands.
What are marsh, swamp, and bog?
These processes in the water cycle are due to the Sun's energy.
What is melting, transpiration, evaporation, and sublimation
A smaller creek or river flowing into another river.
What is a tributary
This wetland has plants such as moss and Venus Flytraps growing there.
What is a bog?
The ocean gets salt from
What are rivers
This percentage of freshwater is groundwater.
What is 30%
The river basin our county is located in.
What is Catawba river basin?
This wetland is home to trees, vines and shrubs.
What is a swamp?
This percentage of fresh water is frozen.
What is 69%
This percentage of freshwater is surface water in lakes and rivers
What is 1%
The process of water evaporating from plant cells.
What is transpiration?
The Catawba river flows into what river?
What is the Wateree River?
Areas where freshwater from rivers meets saltwater from the ocean, creating a unique wetland environment along the coastline.
What is an estuary?