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River System

River system

TermDefinition
Springs Places where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock
Impermeable Materials that water cannot pass through easily
Artesian Well a well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer
Erosion process by which fragments of soil and rock are broken off from the grounds surface and carried away
Wetlands and area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year
Deposition the process by which soil and rock are left behind
Levees over time these deposits build up into longer ridges
Saturated zone the area of permeable rock or soil that is totally filled, or saturated, with water
reservoir A lake that stores water for human use
Runoff The remaining water that flows over the ground surface
Aquifert Any underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
Delta Deposits at the rivers mouth build up,forming an area
Divide one watershed is separated from another by a ridge of land
Oxbow Lake Crescent-shaped, cut off body of water that remains
water table the top of the saturated zone
glaciers a huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over the land
Water shed the land area that supplies water to a river system
eutrophicated over many years the nutrients build up in a lake
flood plain The broad, flat valley through which the river flows
unsaturated zone The layer of rocks and soil above the water table
permable the materials that water can pass through
mouth the point where a river flows into another body of water.
recharge New water that enters the aquifer from the surface
meanders This process gradually forms looping curves in the river
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