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Term | Definition |
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upstream | where the water comes from <uphill> |
downstream | where the water goes to |
river source | farthest point upstream |
river mouth | farthest point downstream , were is the water enters to another body of water |
tributary | contributes water to a larger body of water |
floodplain | flat area likely to flood |
fertilizer | fishes die from the eutrophication |
litter/trash | chock wildlife (bird,turtle) |
pesticides | poisons animals high on the food chain biomagnification |
fresh water | has no salt in (all river and water on the land,(mostly) ) |
salt water | in the sea or in ocean and mostly some of lakes |
brakish water | in estuaries <like galveston bay) |