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Unit 9: fresh water
Term | Definition |
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Watershed | The area of land where all of the water that falls in it drains off of it and flows to a common body of water |
Tributary | A river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake |
Meander | A looping curve formed in a river as it winds through a floodplain |
Floodplain | A broad, flat valley through which a river flows |
Run-off | water flows over the ground surface rather then soaking into the ground |