Miscellaneous
A triangle-shaped deposit of sediment at the mouth of a stream
What is delta?
How wetlands beneficial to humans.
Flood protection, water filtration
The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consist of open spaces.
What is porosity?
All streams and rivers flow ________ because of ________________.
downward;gravity
The process by which lakes become overly rich in nutrients
What is eutrophication?
The two things that can happen to water after it has precipitated.
What is runoff & infiltration?
The main uses for human-made reservoirs.
irrigation;drinking water
The upper boundary of the zone of saturation.
What is the water table?
The upper boundary of the aquifer.
What is water table?
An eroded off meander of a river.
oxbow lake
The percent of fresh water on Earth.
What is 3%?
Reasons why dams can damage an ecosystem.
fish spawn
habitat loss where the reservoir floods
How aquifers replenish its water amount.
What is recharge?
The volume of water flowing past a point in a given time.
What is discharge?
What is the world's largest lake?
What is Lake Superior?
Transportation of sediment.
What is erosion?
What is irrigation?
The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces or pores.
What is permeability?
How watersheds are separated.
What is divides?
If a dam is built, sediment will ___________ on the upside of the dam and sediment will _______ on the downstream side of the dam.
accumulate; erode
Conversion of a solid directly to a gas without passing through the liquid state.
What is sublimation?
What is sinkholes?
The process where water seeps into the ground.
What is infiltration?
A stream that flows into a larger stream
What is a tributary?
Where saltwater & freshwater meet.
What is an estuary?