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MR V SOL 6.8
WATERSHEDS
Term | Definition |
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ABIOTIC | THE NONLIVING PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM |
BIODIVERSITY | AN ECOSYSTEM THAT HAS MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES IN THAT AREA |
BIOTIC | THE LIVING PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM |
DELTA | A LANDFORM MADE OF SEDIMENT THAT IS DEPOSTITED WHERE A RIVER FLOWS INTO AN OCEAN OR LAKE |
DIVIDE | A RIDGE OF LAND THAT SEPARTATES ONE DRAINAGE BASIN OR WATERSHED FROM ANOTHER |
ECOSYSTEM | ALL THE LIVING POPULATION AND NONLIVING PARTS OF AN ENVIRONMENT |
ESTUARY | A COASTAL INLET OR BAY WHERE FRESHWATER MIXES WITH SALTY OCEAN WATER |
EUTROPHICATION | THE PROCESS BY WHICH NUTRIENTS IN A LAKE BUILD UP OVER TIME, CAUSING AN INCREASE IN THE GROWTH OF ALGAE |
GROUNDWATER | WATER THAT FILLS THE CRACKS AND PORES IN UNDERGROUND SOIL AND ROCK LAYERS |
HABITAT | THE PLACE WHERE AN ORGANISM LIVES AND THAT PROVIDES THE THINGS IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE |
MARSH | A GRASSY AREA COVERED BY A SHALLOW LAYER OR STREAM OF WATER |
MEANDER | A LOOPING CURVE FORMED IN A RIVER AS IT WINDS THROUGH ITS FLOOD PLAIN |
pH | HOW ACIDIC OR BASIC A SUBSTANCE IS, MEASURED ON A SCALE OF 1 (VERY ACIDIC) TO 14 (VERY BASIC) |
POLLUTION | A CHANGE TO THE ENVIRONMENET THAT HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON LIVING THINGS |
RIVER SYSTEM | ALL OF THE STREAMS AND CHANNELS DRAINING A RIVER SYSTEM |
RUNOFF | WATER THAT FLOWS OVER THE GROUND SURFACE RATHER THAN SOAKING INTO THE GROUND |
SALINITY | THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DISSOLVED SALTS IN A WATER SAMPLE |
STREAM | A CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH WATER IS CONTINUALLY FLOWING DOWNHILL |
SWAMP | A FLOODED FOREST WITH TREES AND SHRUBS GROWING IN THE WATER |
TURBIDITY | A CLOUDY CONDITION IN WATER DUE TO SUSPENDED SILT OR ORGANIC MATTER |
WATERSHED | THE LAND AREA THAT SUPPLIES WATER TO A RIVER SYSTEM |
WETLAND | AN AREA OF LAND THAT IS COVERED WITH A SHALLOW LAYER OF WATER DURING SOME OR ALL OF THE YEAR |