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Watershed vocabulary
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| biotic factors | living organisms in the enviornment,such as plants and animals |
| abiotic factors | nonliving physical features of the enviornment,such as water,soil,sunlight,landforms,and temperature |
| topography | surfface featurse of a region,includinghills,streams,valleys,lakes,bridges,tunnels,and roads |
| watershed | land that water flows across or through on its way to a riveror other bodies of water |
| wetlands | transition zone beetween dry land and bodies of water |
| tributaries | streams and rivers that supply larger bodies of water |
| estuary | an area where fresh water and salt water mix |
| bay | an intel that leads into the sea |
| marsh | a low,wet grassland with no trees |
| sediment | particals that collect |
| floodplain | |
| delta | |
| conservation | |
| recycle | |
| fens | |
| runoff | |
| point-source pollution | |
| nonpoint-source poullution | |
| permeability |