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Watersheds & Wetland
3.1 StudyStack
Term | Definition |
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Evaporation | Process whereby the heat of the sun changes water on the Earth's surface from a liquid to a gas. |
Condensation | Return of water vapor to a liquid state by cooling. |
Precipitation | Liquid or solid water that falls from clouds to Earth. |
Transpiration | Release of water vapor from plants' leaves into the air. |
Runoff | Precipitation that runs off the ground. |
Groundwater | Water from rain and melting snow that seeps into the ground and is stored beneath the Earth's surface. |
Source | Place where a stream or river begins. |
Mouth | Place where a river or stream ends by flowing into another body of water. |
Velocity | Distance water flows during some period of time, such as meters per second or feet per second. |
Bed Load | Sediment carried along he bottom of the channel of a stream or river. |
Tributaries | Feeder streams. |
Topography | Physical characteristics of the land. |
Gradient | Slope of a river channel. |