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History Water Terms
Histroy jepordy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one of the four largest bodies of water on the earth | ocean |
| a large natural stream of water | river |
| the movement of water from the earth to air and back again to the earth by evaporation, condensation, and precipitaion | watercycle |
| the flow of a stream of water, either in a river or through an ocean | current |
| the regular rising and falling of the ocean | tide |
| the study of the ocean and the life within it | oceanography |
| a body of freashwater of salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land | lake |
| a portion of the sea extending into the land | gulf |
| part of a body of water that reaches into the land, smaller than a gulf | bay |
| the beginning of a brook or river | source |
| the part of a river where its waters empty into the sea or into another river | mouth |
| a river that flows into a larger river | tributary |
| a large river of ice formed from snow on high ground | glacier |
| an area where the soil is under shallow water, such as a swamp, marsh, or bog | wet land |
| water that lies beneath the surface of the earth | groundwater |
| an artificial waterway for navigation or irrigation | canal |
| a place where water is collected and stored for future use, especially an artificial basin created by the damming of a river | reservoir |
| a part of a river's course where the water rushes over rocks | rapids |
| a narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water | strait |
| a narrow inlet of the sea between the steep sides of a glaciated valley | fjord |
| a narrow strip of water extending into a coast | inlet |
| land built up by deposits at the mouth of a river | delta |
| a usually dry river channel, found in a desert regions, that fills with running water during a cloudburst | wadi |
| a body of water encircled by a coral reef | lagoon |
| the broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows | estuary |
| a riverbank higher than the surrounding land | levee |
| a bed of a salt lake that contains water at irregular periods | playa |
| the level below which the ground is saturated with water | watertable |
| a very powerful ocean wave, set off by earthquakes or undersea volcano eruptions,that causes great destruction on land | tsunami |
| a floating mass of ice that has broken off from a glacier | iceberge |
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