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jeoperdy topic:water
water around the world
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one of the four largest bodies of water on the earth | ocean |
| a large natural stream of water | river |
| the movement of water on the earth to the air and back again the the earth by evaporation, condensation, and precipitation | water cycle |
| the flow of a stream of water, either in a river ot through an ocean | current |
| the recular 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 consideralbe size, surrounded by land | lake |
| a portion of the sea extending inot the land | gulf |
| part of a body of water that reaches into the land, smaller than the land | bay |
| a narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water | strait |
| a narrow inlet of the sea between the steep sides of a glacier valley | fjord |
| a anrrow 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 groung | glacier |
| an area wher ethe soil is under shallow water, such as a swamp, marsh or bog | wet lands |
| watre that lies beneath the surface of the earth | ground water |
| a usually dry river channel, found in desert region, that fills with running water during a cloudburst | wadi |