Fresh Water Bodies and Features

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River System

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A river and all its tributaries.

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Ponds & Lakes

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Where water collects in hollows and low-lying land areas.

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Wetlands

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Area of land covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.

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Glaciers

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Huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over land formed in areas where more snow falls each year than melts.

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Aquifer

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Layer of rock or sediment that holds water and can range in size from a small pond to an area of several states.

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Well

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Man-made hole drilled below the water table to obtain groundwater from an aquifer.

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Artesian Well

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A well where water rises because of pressure within an aquifer.

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Natural Spring

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Place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock.

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Geyser

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A type of hot spring that begins to rise through narrow passages being forced out by heated gases and steam from below.