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Water cycle

TermDefinition
habitat Natural home of living things
groundwater Water held underground in the soil
water cycle Water circulates between Earth’s oceans
evaporation Liquid turning to vapor
transpiration Exhalation of water vapor
precipitation Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls on the ground
tributary stream flowing into a larger river
watershed an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing
divide separated into parts
reservoir a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply
eutrophication excessive richness of nutrients in a lake
salinity the quality or degree of being saline
sonar a system for the detection of objects under water
seamount a submarine mountain
trench a long, narrow ditch
continental shelf the area of seabed around a large landmass
abyssal plain relating to or denoting the depths or bed of the ocean
mid-ocean ridge a long, seismically active submarine ridge system
current a body of water or air moving in a definite direction
Coriolis effect an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system
Climate the weather conditions prevailing in an area
El Nino an irregularly occurring and complex series of climatic changes
La Nina a cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific
Created by: Shawn Lee
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