Earth Science: Chapter 6 Vocab Crossword

Sorted material deposited by a stream
rock or soil through which groundwater moves easily
when water is pumped out of most wells and water rises on its own and may over flow
part of a stream's load of solid material that is made up of sediment too large to be carried
stream is the maximum load it can carry or hold
naturally formed underground chamber
accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters and lake or ocean
imaginary line that separates the drainage basins of one stream to another
land or area that contributes water to a stream
occurs when discharge of a stream becomes so great that it exceeds the capacity of its channel and overflows
intermittent not spring or fountain in which a column of water shoots up with great force
moves by twisting and turning through interconnected small openings; moves more slowly when pores are smaller
a ridge made up of mostly coarse sediments that parrells some stream
ability to release fluid
the volume of open spaces in rock or soil
a depression produced in a region where soluble rock has been removed by groundwater
forms when the water table intersects the ground surface; flow of groundwater that emerges naturally
upper level of saturation zone of groundwater
hole bored into the zone of saturation
zone where all open spaces in sediment and rock are completely filled with water