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Water
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tributaries | small streams that feed into i main river |
| watershed | land area that supplies water to a river system |
| divide | water that is separated by a ridge of land |
| reservoir | lake that stores water for humans |
| nutrients | substances that enable plants and algae to grow |
| eutrophication | when excessive nutrients cause a boom of algae to grow possible killing of the body of water |
| permeable | material that allow water to pass through |
| impereamble | material that does not let water pass through |
| saturated | level that becomes filled with water |
| unsaturated | levels that dont have water |