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Earth's Water Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| water cycle | the continuous movement of water through the environment of Earth |
| aquifer | an underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water |
| iceberg | a mass of ice floating in the ocean |
| drainage basin | an area into which all of the water on one side of a divide flows; a watershed |
| freshwater | water that is not salty and has little or no taste, color, or smell |
| artesian well | a well in which water flows to the surface naturally because it is under pressure |
| condensation | the process in which water vapor in the atmosphere becomes liquid |
| impermeable | a substance that liquids cannot flow through |
| water table | the top of the region underground that is saturated, or completely filled with water |
| evaporation | the process in which water changes from liquid to vapor |
| salt water | water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals |
| permeable | a substance that liquid can flow through |
| eutrophication | an increase of nutrients in a lake or pond |
| precipitation | water that falls from clouds |
| turnover | the rising and sinking of cold and warm water layers in a lake |
| divide | a ridge, or continuous line of high land, from which water flows in different directions |
| spring | a flow of water from the ground at a place where the surface of the land dips below the water table |
| groundwater | water held underground |
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