Water Resources Vocab

The removal of salt from salt water to make fresh water.

• ground water
• desalintion
• wawtershed
• irrigation

Water that collects in spaces and cracks in rocks and soil underground.

• well
• aquifer
• groundwater
• irrigation

Rainwater that flows over land without sinking into the soil.

• runoff
• spring
• groundwater
• aqueduct

A system of channels, pipes, or tunnels that carry water a long distance.

• irrigation
• reservoir
• aqueduct
• water table

An underground layer of rock or soil through which water easily moves.

• runoff
• water reclamation
• aqueduct
• aqueifer

A natural or artificial pond or lake used to collect and store fresh water.

• conservation
• groundwater
• spring
• reservior

A natural flow of water from underground that forms where the water table meets the land's surface.

• well
• desalination
• spring
• groundwater

The surface of a layer of saturates ground.

• water table
• groundwater
• watershed
• reservoir

A region of land that drains into a river.

• water reclamation
• watershed
• aquifer
• irrigation

The process of suppling fresh water to farm fields for growing crops.

• aqueduct
• irrigation
• spring
• runoff