| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Erosion | The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport soil and sediment from one location to another |
| Water cycle | The continuations movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean |
| Tributary | A stream the flows into a lake or into a larger stream |
| Watershed | The area of land that is drained by a water system |
| Divide | The boundary between drainage areas that have stream that flow in opposite system |
| Channel | The path that a stream follows |
| Load | The materials carried by a stream |
| Deposition | The process in witch material is laid down |
| Delta | A fan-shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream |
| Alluvial fan | A fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply |
| Floodplain | An area along a river that flows from sediment deposits when the river overflow ita??s banks |
| Water table | The upper surface of underground water and the upper boundary of the zone of saturation |
| Aquifer | A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater |
| Porosity | The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces |
| Permeability | The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces, or prose |
Fresh water