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| the continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back. |
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| any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface (rain, snow, sleet, hail) |
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| water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers |
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| a stream or smaller river that feeds into a main river |
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| the land area that supplies water to a river system |
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| a ridge of land that seperates one watershed from another |
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| the place where an organism lives and where it obtains all the things it needs to survive |
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| a lake that stores water for human use |
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| a land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year |
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| characteristic of a material that is full of tiny, connected air spaces that water can seep through |
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| a characteristic of materials, such as clay and granite, through which water does not easily pass |
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| a layer of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water |
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| the top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater under Earth's surface |
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| a layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water |
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| a place where groundwater flows to the surface |
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| an underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water |
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| a well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer |
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| a fountain of water and steam that builds up pressure underground and erupts at regular intervals |
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| the process of supplying water to areas of land to make them more suitable for growing crops |
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| the practice of using less of a resource so that it will not be used up |
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| the addition of any substance that has a negative effect on water or the living things that depend on the water |
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| a harmful substance in the air, water, or soil |
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| a specific source of pollution that can be identified |
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| a widely spread source of pollution that is difficult to link to a specific point of origin |
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| means "not" as in not mature |
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| means "not" as in not permeable |
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| means "not" as in not believable |
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| means "not" as in not saturated |
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| "non" as in nonrecognizable |
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| means "not" as in not recognizable |
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| "non" as in nonpoint source |
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| means "not" a specific source to point to as the cause, or origin |
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| "non" as in nonpoint source |
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| means "not" a specific source to point to as the cause, or origin |
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