River Syste

any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from the clouds, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail

• desalination
• delta
• tributary
• precipitation

change of state from a gas to a liquid

• evaporation
• condensation
• desalination
• precipitation

the process of removing salt from ocean water

• evapotranspiration
• condensation
• desalination
• discharge

area along a river formed by sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks

• banks
• floodplain
• delta
• alluvial fan

fan-shaped mass of rock material deposited by a stream on land where the slope decreases sharply

• alluvial fan
• delta
• watershed
• tributary

area of land drained by a river system

• tributary
• delta
• floodplain
• watershed

fan-shaped mass of rock material deposited at the mouth of a stream

• delta
• floodplain
• watershed
• alluvial fan

volume of water moved by a stream in a given time period

• tributary
• delta
• discharge
• evaporation

the total water loss from an area by evaporation and transpiration

• watershed
• evapotranspiration
• desalination
• floodplain

stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream

• watershed
• floodplain
• desalination
• tributary