River Basins and Estuaries

A semi-enclosed area where fresh water from a river meets salty water from the sea.

• Watershed
• Groundwater
• Estuary
• Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Drainage area of a river.

• River basin
• Groundwater
• Estuary
• Watershed

All the land drained by a river, stream or lake.

• Riverbasin
• Watershed
• Oceans
• Estuary

The water found in cracks and pores in sand, gravel and rocks below the earth’s surface.

• Groundwater
• Watershed
• Estuary
• Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A natural system linked by living (plants, animals) and nonliving (soil, air, water) things?

• Ecosystem
• Riverbasin
• Watershed
• Estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A porous rock layer underground that is a reservoir for water.

• Aquifer
• Watershed
• River basin
• Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What river basin do you live in?

• Cape Fear
• Nuess
• Catawba
• Lumber

Pertaining to the edges of streams or rivers.

• Riparian
• Aquifer
• Vegetation
• Ocean

Eroded soil particles that wash or blow into rivers.

• Sediment
• Riparian
• Buffer
• Water vapor

Discharge entering a stream at a specific, detectable point such as a pipe or outfall.

• Point source pollution
• Non-point source pollution
• Fog
• Riparian

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5