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Topic: Water
Geographic Terms and Understanding
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One of the four bodies of water on the earth | Ocean |
| A body of freshwater or saltwater of considerable size, surrounded by land | Lake |
| The beginning of a brook or river | Source |
| A large river of ice formed from snow on high ground | Glacier |
| An artificial waterway for navigation or irrigation | Canal |
| A large natural stream of water | River |
| A portion of the sea extending ino the land | Gulf |
| The part of a river where its waters empty into the sea or into another river | Mouth |
| An area where the soil is under shallow water, such as a swamp, marsh, or bog | Wet land |
| A place where water is collected and stored for future use, especially an artificial basin created by the damming of a river | Reservoir |
| The movement of water from the earth to air and back agian to the earth by evaporation, condesation, and precipitation | Water cycle |
| Part of a body of water that reaches into the land, smaller than a gulf | Bay |
| A river that flows into a larger river | Tributary |
| Water that lies beneath the surface of the earth | Ground Water |
| A part of a river's course where the water rushes over rocks | Rapids |
| The flow of a stream of a water, either in a river or through an ocean | Current |
| A narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water | Strait |
| Land built up by deposits at the mouth of a river | Delta |
| A usually dry river channel, found in desert regions, that fills with running water during a cloudburst | Wadi |
| A body of water encircled by a coral reef | Lagoon |
| The regular rising of the ocean | Water tides |
| A narrow inlet of the sea between the steep sides of a glaciated valley | Fjord |
| The broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows | Estuary |
| A bed of salt lake that contains water a irregular periods | Playa |
| A very powerful ocean wave, set off by earthquakes or undersea volcano eruptions, that cause great desrtuction on land | Tsunami |
| The study of the ocean and the life within it | Oceanographyrs |
| A narrow strip of water extending into a coast | Inlet |
| A riverbank higher than the surrounding land | Levee |
| The level below which the ground is saturated with water | Water table |
| A floating mass of ice that has broken off from a glacier | Ice berg |
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