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waterforms
description of waterforms
Question | Answer |
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Bayou | Slow moving creek in Louisiana. |
Dam | a structure that holds back water. |
Rapids | A fast moving part of a river caused by a steep fall in the river bed. |
Watershed | An area of land that drains into a river,riversystem or a body of water. |
Wetland | Lowland area that holds fresh or salt water. |
Swamp | Area of low lying wetland with trees. |
Marsh | An area of low lying wetland containing tall grass. |
Port | A town having a harbor where ships load and unload trade goods. |
Sound | A body of water separating an island from the mainland. |
Source | The place where a water form begins. |
Lake | A large inland,body of fresh or salt water |
Strait | A narrow water form that connects two large bodies of water. |
Canal | A waterway dug across land to connect two bodies of water. |
Riversystem | All the creeks,streams and smaller river that empty into a large river. empty into a large river. |
Harbor | A protected part of a body of water and deep enough for ships. |
Waterfall | A steep fall or flow of water from a height. |
Sea | A very large area of ocean,is salt water. |
Gulf | A very large area of an ocean or sea that is patly surrounded by land. |
Mouth | The part of a stream of river where the water flows into another body of water. |
Glacier | A very large mass of ice that moves slowly. |
ocean | The largest body of salt water. |
Inlet | Narrow opening of water from the sea or ocean into land. |
Tributary | A large stream of water that flows into anp |
Sea | A very large area of ocean,is salt water. |
Gulf | A very large area of an ocean or sea that is patly surrounded by land. |
Mouth | The part of a stream of river where the water flows into another body of water. |
Glacier | A very large mass of ice that moves slowly. |
ocean | The largest body of salt water. |
Inlet | Narrow opening of water from the sea or ocean into land. |
Tributary | A large stream of water that flows into anp |
Sea | A very large area of ocean,is salt water. |
Gulf | A very large area of an ocean or sea that is patly surrounded by land. |
Mouth | The part of a stream of river where the water flows into another body of water. |
Glacier | A very large mass of ice that moves slowly. |
ocean | The largest body of salt water. |
Inlet | Narrow opening of water from the sea or ocean into land. |
Tributary | A large stream of water that flows into anp |
Sea | A very large area of ocean,is salt water. |
Gulf | A very large area of an ocean or sea that is patly surrounded by land. |
Mouth | The part of a stream of river where the water flows into another body of water. |
Glacier | A very large mass of ice that moves slowly. |
ocean | The largest body of salt water. |
Inlet | Narrow opening of water from the sea or ocean into land. |
Tributary | A large stream of water that flows into another body of water. |
Bay | Part of an ocean,sea or lake thet reaches into the land. |
Channel | An area wider than a strait, connecting two of water. |
Reservoir | A natral man made lake in witch water is held back by a dam. |