Hydrosphere Crossword

An underground body of water found in a layer of permeable rock or soil.
Term for all of the water on Earth.
Where fresh water from rivers mixes with salty ocean water, such as at a bay, inlet, lagoon, or salt marsh.
A small stream or river that flows into a main river.
A bend (or curve) in the course of a river.
Where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as a lake or the ocean.
A landform (or island) of sediment formed at the mouth of a river.
The evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant.
The top level of aquifer, which can change over time.
Material that has pores that are connected and allows water to move through.
Materials that do not have connected pores and do not allow water to move through.
A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a certain volume of water.
The continuous process where water moves from the surface to the atmosphere and back. It is powered by solar energy.
The change of molecules on the surface of a liquid to a gas.
Change in state from a gas to a liquid, such as when clouds form.
Water that falls back to Earth as rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
The process where nutrients build up in a body of water, causing algae to overgrow. This consumes all of the oxygen in the water and many aquatic organisms cannot survive.