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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 process of lengthening of a stream
What is headward erosion
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
Groundwater that contains dissolved minerals.
What is mineral deposits
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 capillary fringe
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
The total load of sediment a stream can carry.
What is capacity
300
During a flood a river carries.
What is sediments
300
Water removal from the aquifer would be considered.
What is a deficit
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
Total load of sediment carried by a stream
What is Capacity
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
The rainfall is greater than the need of storage
What is surplus
400
Sinkholes, sinkhole ponds and underground drainage
What is Karst topography
500
The material where a stream or river slows down
What is Deposition
500
A stream channel that meanders across a flood plain causes.
What is an oxbow lake
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
Many caves are formed in
What is limestone