Environmental Science, Ch 8, vocab.

an area of land that drains rain into a river

• watershed

• seep

• watershed

an area that allows water to refill an aquifer

• seep

• water table

• recharge zone

to soak into the ground

• deplete

• seep

• permeate

top of the groundwater layer

• water table

• water top

• watershed

allowing water to go through

• deplete

• impermeable

• permeable

not having enough of something

• scarcity

• abundance

• growth

when water from aquifers is low from human use

• seeped

• depleted

• recharded

not allowing water to go through

• impermeable

• permeable

• recharging

The natural beauty of a piece of land can be improved by

• purification

• landscaping

• irrigation

What can be used to irrigate crops

• diverter

• treatment

• sprinkler