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Question | Answer |
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surfacewater | water that is above or on earth |
groundwater | the water that is found underground |
water table | the upper boundary or surface of groung water |
channel | the path that a river or stream follows |
tributary | a smaller stream that feeds into a river and eventally a river system |
watershed | an area of land that is draind by a river system |
divide | a ridge or area of higher ground that separates watersheds |
gradient | a measure of change in elevation over a certan distance |
aquifer | a body of rock or sedment that stores groungwater and allows it to flow |
porsity | the storage space available in an aquifer |
permeability | the mesure of how eazy water can flow through an aquifer |