Ground and Surface Water Review

Front

What is the measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer?

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Permeability

Front

What is the triangular or fan-shaped deposit of sediment that forms where a river empties into an ocean or lake?

Back

Delta

Front

What is the high ground that separates drainage basins called?

Back

Divide

Front

What is the term for material rolled along the bottom of a stream?

Back

Bed load

Front

What is the process called when sediment is set down?

Back

Deposition

Front

What is the term for the amount of space between particles in a material, which affects how much water it can hold?

Back

Porosity

Front

What is the term for the process of wearing away rocks and soil?

Back

Erosion

Front

What is the area of land where all the water drains into a specific body of water?

Back

Drainage basin

Front

What is the term for the water that is held in the soil and rock layers beneath the Earth's surface?

Back

Groundwater

Front

What is the term for the upper surface of the zone of saturation in an aquifer?

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Water table