Watershed Vocabulary

Water held underground in the soil or in the pores and crevices in rock.

• groundwater

• Earth
• surface runoff

• reservoir

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A large artificial lake used as a source of water supply. Made by humans.

• Reservoir

• Infiltration

• Glacier

• Condensation

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The downward movement of water through the soil

• Infiltration

• Groundwater

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

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Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that fall to the ground.

• Precipitation
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Water Cycle

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A body of rock underneath the surface of Earth that contains water. (underground lake)

• Aquifer
• Glacier
• Atmosphere
• Cloud

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The process by which water molecules absorb heat energy and change liquid to vapor (gas).

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

• Evaporation

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The area of land drained by a river and all of its tributaries is a ______.

• flood plain

• desert

• watershed

• forest

A continuous ridge that separates different watersheds.

• divide

• gully

• slope

• rill

A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake is called ____.

• confluence

• flood plain

• condensation

• tributary