Watershed Vocab 1

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Lowland habitat like a marsh or bog with shallow water allowing vegetation.

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wetland

Front

Precipitation traveling across land surface

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runoff

Front

Smaller rivers or streams flowing into larger ones

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tributaries

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Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all ___________ parts of the environment.

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abiotic

Front

Parts of an ecosystem that are living or once lived.

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Biotic Factor

Front

Land water flows across to reach a body of water?

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Watershed

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Permeable layer of rock/soil holding water in saturated zone.

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Aquifer

Front

Natural processes breaking down rock on Earth's surface.

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weathering

Front

An estuary is where fresh & salt water meet.

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fresh & salt water meet

Front

High peaks of the Rocky Mountains form an imaginary line in the U.S. known as

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Continental Divide