Running Water And Groundwater Crossword

The unending cycle of Earth’s water supply.
A stream in a broad, flat-bottomed valley that is near its base level often develops a course with many bends
a stream that empties into another stream.
the movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces.
the course the water in a stream follows.
the volume of water flowing past a certain point in a given unit of time.
the slope or steepness of a stream channel.
solid material too large to carry in suspension.
the maximum load it can carry.
Deposits that occur when streamflow drops below critical settling velocity of a certain particle size.
an accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or ocean.
a stream and helps to contain its waters, except during flood-stage.
the flat, low-lying portion of a stream valley subject to periodic flooding.
when the discharge of a stream becomes so great that it exceeds the capacity of its channel and overflows its banks.
the land area that contributes water to a stream
An imaginary line that separates the drainage basins of one stream from another.
the area where water fills all of the open spaces in sediment and rock.
The water within the zone of saturation.
The upper level of the saturation zone of groundwater.
The percentage of pore spaces
Ability to transmit water through connected pore spaces
are permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely.
forms whenever the water table intersects the ground surface.
A hot spring in which intermittently boils, sending water and steam into the air.
a hole bored into the zone of saturation.
Any formation in which groundwater rises on its own under pressure.
a naturally formed underground chamber.
a form of limestone that is deposited by hot springs or as a cave deposit.
Formed by dissolving rock at, or near, Earth's surface.
Surface depressions.