Plate Tectonics And Water Crossword

the amount of ice lost, and the process of losing ice, from a glacier
the amount of snow added, and the process of adding snow, to a glacier
a system in which confined groundwater under pressure can rise above the upper boundary of an aquifer
the shape of a stream channel-- the cross-sectional area
an accumulation of sediments, commonly forming a triangular of fan shaped plain, deposited where a stream flows into a standing body of water
the volume of water that passes a given location in a stream channel in a certain amount of time
a general term for all glacial deposits
a wide plain of almost flat land on either side of a stream channel
a large mass of ice formed by the compaction and recrystallization of snow, which is able to move downslope under its own weight
the vertical drop in the elevation of a stream channel divided by the horizontal distance for that drop
underground water in the saturated zone
the natural circulation of all states of water from ocean to atmosphere to land, back to ocean
water flowing smoothly and fairly slowly in straight lines with no mixing of sediments
a measure of the ability of a porous rock or sediment to permit fluid to flow
the volume of the open pore space in rock or sediment compared to the total volume of solids plus open pore space
a land form created when airflow is blocked by an obstacle,slowing air speed and therefore promoting the deposition of airborne sand
water flowing rapidly and erratically in a jumbled manner, stirring up everything it touches
the upper boundary of the saturated zone,below which every pore space is completely with water
a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras
the movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other, thus appearing to "drift" across the ocean bed