Virginia Natural Resources and Watersheds

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What is a large body of water surrounded by land on 3 sides and connected to the ocean or sea?

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Bay

Front

What is a body of fresh water completely surrounded by land?

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Lake

Front

What is a large stream that flows across land to another body of water?

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River

Front

What term means that everything that goes in the water will end up in the watershed?

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Downstream

Front

What is a huge body of salt water?

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Ocean

Front

What is the term for the area of land that drains into a river or lake?

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Watershed

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What is the process by which water moves from the land to the atmosphere?

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Evaporation

Front

What is the term for the natural process of water filtering through soil and rock?

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Infiltration

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What is the term for the water that flows over the ground and into bodies of water?

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Runoff

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What is the term for the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity