River vocabulary

Sewage is...

• refuse liquids or waste matter

• In land territory

• Contamination

• Water on the land

Debris is...

• refuse liquids or waste matter

• In land territory

• Contamination

• Water on the land

• an accumulation of fragments of rock

Pollution is...

• refuse liquids or waste matter

• In land territory

• Contamination

• Water on the land

• an accumulation of fragments of rock

floodplains is...

• refuse liquids or waste matter

• In land territory

• Contamination

• a plain built up by stream deposition

• an accumulation of fragments of rock

land-based is...

• refuse liquids or waste matter

• In land territory

• Contamination

• a plain built up by stream deposition

• an accumulation of fragments of rock

Vessel is...

• The portion of precipitation on land that ultimately reaches streams often with dissolved or suspended material

• occurring over or involving a relatively long period of time

• a watercraft bigger than a rowboat

• a mass of material that blocks movement through a pipe or vessel

• an artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use

reservoir is...

• The portion of precipitation on land that ultimately reaches streams often with dissolved or suspended material

• occurring over or involving a relatively long period of time

• a watercraft bigger than a rowboat

• a mass of material that blocks movement through a pipe or vessel

• an artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use

clogging is...

• The portion of precipitation on land that ultimately reaches streams often with dissolved or suspended material

• occurring over or involving a relatively long period of time

• a watercraft bigger than a rowboat

• a mass of material that blocks movement through a pipe or vessel

• an artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use

runoff is...

• The portion of precipitation on land that ultimately reaches streams often with dissolved or suspended material

• occurring over or involving a relatively long period of time

• a watercraft bigger than a rowboat

• a mass of material that blocks movement through a pipe or vessel

• an artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use

long term is...

• The portion of precipitation on land that ultimately reaches streams often with dissolved or suspended material

• occurring over or involving a relatively long period of time

• a watercraft bigger than a rowboat

• a mass of material that blocks movement through a pipe or vessel

• an artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use