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water terms

geographical terms and understandings

Question	Answer
one of the four largest bodies of water on earth	ocean
a large natural stream of water	river
themovement of water from the earth to air and back again to the earht by evaporation, condensation, and precipitation	water cycle
the flow of a stream of water either in a river or through an ocean	current
the regular rising and falling of the ocean	tide
the study of the ocean and the life within it	oceanography
a body of freshwater or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land	lake
a portion of the sea extending into the land	gulf
part of a body of water that reaches into the land, smaller than a gulf	bay
a narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water	strait
a narrow inlet of the sea between the steep sides of a glaciated valley	fjord
a narrow strip of water extending into a coast	inlet
the beginning of a brook or river	source
the part of a river where its waters empty into the sea or into another river	mouth
a river that flows into a larger river	tributary
land built up by deposits at the mouth of a river	delta
the broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows	estuary
a riverbank higher than the surrounding land	levee
a large river of ice formed from snow on high ground	glacier
an area where the soil is under shallow water, such as a swamp, march, or bog	wetland
water that lies beneath the surface of the earth	groundwater
a usually dry river channel, found in desert regions that fills with running water during a cloudburst	wadi
a bed of a salt lake that contains water at irregular periods	playa
the level below which the ground is saturated with water	water table
an artificial waterway for navigation or irrigation	canal
a place where water s collected and stored for future use, especially an artificial basin created by the damming of a river	reservior
a part of a river's course where the water rushes over rocks	rapids
a body of water encircled by a coral reef	lagoon
a very powerful ocean wave, set off by earthquakes or undersea volcano eruptions that causes great destruction on land	tsunami
a floating mass of ice that has broken off from a glacier	ice berg

Created by: cmitchell98

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