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 from the earth to air and back again to the earth be evaporation,condenstation, and precipitation | water cycle |
The flow of a stream of water, either in a river or throught an ocean | current |
The regular rising and falling of the ocean | tide |
The study of the ocean and the life within it | ocean-o-graphy |
A body of freshwater or saltwater 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 | wet land |
Water that lies beneath the surface of the earth | ground water |
A usually dry tiver 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 articial waterway for navigation or irrigation | canal |
A place where water is collected and stored for future use, especially an artificial basin created by the damming of a river | reservoir |
A part of a river's course where the water rushes over rocks | rapiads |
A body of water encircled by a coral reef | lagoon |
A very powerful ocean wave, set off be 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 burge |