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Water Understand and
Jeopardy Geographical Terms and Understandings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One of the four largest bodies of water on the earth | Atlantic Ocean |
| A large natural stream of water | River |
| The movement of water from the earth to air and back again to the earth 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, marsh, 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 cloudbust | Wadi |
| A bed of a salt lake that contains water at irregular periods | Playa |
| The level below |