water use and pollution vocab

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Contains few or no pores

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Impermeable

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Land area supplying water to a river system

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watershed

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Containing spaces or pores for water passage

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Permeable

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Water that is relatively pure with few dissolved salts.

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Fresh water.

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Network of connected streams and rivers

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river system

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Water found below the Earth's surface

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Ground water

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Water flowing over land, not absorbed.

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Runoff

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Large lakes behind dams storing water for human use

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Reservoir

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Sponge-like formations of rock, sand, or gravel that hold water.

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Aquifer

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Moving water from source to use

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water diversion