Vocab Flashcard - Freshwater

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Water with 0.2 percent salt or less dissolved in it.

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Freshwater

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A large body of water that forms in a basin surrounded by land.

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Lake

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A small stream.

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Brook

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A large stream.

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River

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Large masses of ice that form on land from snow building up year after year.

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Glacier

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A piece of a glacier that breaks off into the ocean.

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Iceberg

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Water that flows over Earth’s surface.

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Runoff

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A glacier that flows past a shoreline into the ocean.

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Ice Shelf

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A body of water that flows within a channel (also called a tributary).

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Stream

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A glacier that spreads out over land in all directions.

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Ice sheet