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Watersheds & Wetland
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Evaporation | evaporation of a liquid occurs when the surface of a liquid into a gaseous phase that is not saturated with the evaporation substance |
| Condensation | Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from gas form to liquid form and is the reverse of evaporation. Most often refers to the water cycle |
| Precipitation | rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls to the ground |
| Transpiration | The process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts like leaves, stems, and flowers |
| Runoff | the draining away of water from the surface of an area of land, a building structure, etc |
| Groundwater | water present beneath Earth’s surface in soil pore spaces and its fractures of rock formations |
| Source | a natural space or fountain |
| Mouth | an enclosing or entrance to a structure that is hollow concave, or almost completely enclosed |
| Velocity | the speed of something in a given direction |
| Bed Load | describes particles in a flowing fluid that are transported along the bed. Moves by rolling, sliding, and/or salivating |
| Tributaries | a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake |
| Topography | the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area |
| Gradient | an inclined part of a road or railway; a slope |
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