Question | Answer |
One of the four largest bodies of water on the earth | ocean |
A large natural steam of water | river |
The movement of water from the earth to air and back again to the earth by evaporation,condensation,and precipitation | water cycle |
The flow of a stream of water, either in a river or through an ocean | current |
The regular rising and falling of the ocean | tide |
the study of the ocean and the life within it | oceanography |
a body of freshwater or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land | lake |
a portion of the sea extending into the land | gulf |
part of a body of water that reaches into the land, smaller than a gulf | bay |
a narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water | strait |
a narrow inlet of the sea between the steep sides of a glaciated valley | fjord |
a narrow strip of water extending into a coast | inlet |
the beginning of a brook or river | source |
the part of a river where its waters empty into the sea or into another river | mouth |
a river that flows into a larger river | tributary |
land built up by deposits at the mouth of a river | delta |
the broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows | estuary |
a riverbank higher than the surrounding land | levee |
a large river of ice formed from snow on high ground | glacier |
an area where the soil is under shallow water, such as a swamp, marsh, or bog | wetland |
water that lies beneath the surface of the earth | groundwater |
a usually dry river channel, found in desert regions, that fills with running water during a cloudburst | wadi |
a bed of a salt lake that contains water at irregular periods | playa |
the level below which the ground is saturated with water | water table |
an artificial waterway for navigation or irrigation | canal |
a place where water is collected and stored for future use, especially an artificial basin created by the damming of a river | reservoir |
a part of a river's course where the water rushes over rocks | rapids |
a body of water encircled by a coral reef | lagoon |
a very powerful ocean wave, set off by earthquakes or undersea volcano eruptions, that causes great destruction on land | tsunami |
a floating mass of ice that has broken off from a glacier | iceberg |