terminology for rivers
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| aquifer | show 🗑
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| show | region with low precipitation that does not allow agriculture without irrigation
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| bed | show 🗑
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| canal | show 🗑
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| channel | show 🗑
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| show | change of state in which gas becomes liquid by cooling
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| confluence | show 🗑
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| show | to make impure or unclean by contact or mixture
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| delta | show 🗑
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| depletion | show 🗑
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| depth | show 🗑
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| show | the amount of water passing a specific point at a given time
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| show | the land that is drained by a river and its tributaries
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| dredging | show 🗑
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| show | periods of below usual precipitation causing a serious hydrological imbalance
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| show | the wearing away of the bed and banks of the river
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| show | physical process by which a liquid/solid is transformed to the gaseous state
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| show | water transpired by plant tissues and evaporated from water bodies
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| show | sudden flood of great volume, usually caused by a heavy rain
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| show | the wide, flat floor of a river valley consisting of sediments deposited by the river
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| flow | show 🗑
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| show | subsurface water and underground streams
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| groundwater table | show 🗑
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| hydrograph | show 🗑
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| show | the movement of water through the soil surface into the soil
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| show | when water is absorbed and collected by vegetation (store)
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| kinetic energy | show 🗑
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| landslide | show 🗑
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| load | show 🗑
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| meander | show 🗑
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| mouth | show 🗑
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| percolation | show 🗑
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| show | the capability of soil or other geologic formations to transmit water
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| potential energy | show 🗑
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| show | an input where water is introduced to the drainage basin system
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| runoff | show 🗑
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| show | the concentration of mineral salts dissolved in water
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| show | small fragments of rock and soil that form layers
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| show | the combined processes of soil erosion, transport and deposition
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| show | the liquid waste from domestic, commercial, and industrial establishments
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| silt | show 🗑
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| source | show 🗑
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| surface runoff/overland flow | show 🗑
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| surface storage | show 🗑
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| transportation | show 🗑
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| show | small river that joins the main river channel
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| velocity | show 🗑
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| wash | show 🗑
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| show | the system where water is constantly moving above, on or below the earth’s
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| watershed | show 🗑
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