Watershed Vocab

Front

Stream or river feeding a larger body of water?

Back

Tributary

Front

Water that runs off land into rivers and streams.

Back

Runoff

Front

Soil, silt, and material suspended in water that settles at the bottom of a body of water.

Back

Sediment

Front

3 types of wetlands:

Back

swamp, marsh, bog

Front

Land area covered with shallow water for part or all of the year.

Back

Wetland

Front

Water filling cracks in underground soil and rock?

Back

Groundwater

Front

Watershed

Back

Land water that flows across or through.

Front

Divide

Back

Ridge of high ground that separates water.

Front

tributary

Back

smaller streams that flow into a river

Front

Runoff

Back

Excess water that runs over the land.