Water that flows out of a glacier
What is meltwater
arete
area of the world that has the most freshwater
What is Brazil
valley or continental
What is the two glacier types
Salt is a ______. Spreading out the concentration of salt, creates a ___________.
What is solute and solution
movement of water from hight to low concentration through a selectively permeable membrane
What is osmosis
pacific, arctic, Hudson Bay, Atlantic, Mississippi
What is watershed/drainage basin
Name one way human affect the watershed
What is building roads, deforestation, etc.
The area underneath the water table
What is the saturated zone
Describe the water cycle
What is evaporation --> condensation --> precipitation --> repeats
Explain how a fast flowing river changes over time
What is erodes on the fast flowing side and deposits on the slow side causing bigger curves (meanders)
A round bowl shape in the mountain from glaciers
What is a cirque
What are striations.
The name for water being released by plants in the water cycle
What is transpiration
Name a way in which humans try to stop erosion and stream sediment load
What is plant vegetation, dredging, logs or rocks etc.