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Hydrology Vocabulary
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9th Grade
04/03/2014

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Water Cycle
Definition
The Constant movement of water
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Evaporation
Definition
The Process Of Pulling water into the air
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Condensation
Definition
Liquid to gas
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Transpiration
Definition
Water From leaves
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Infiltration
Definition
water going into rocks
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Runoff
Definition
Water that runs rather than seeping
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Aquifers
Definition
rocky areas that hold water underground
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Salt-water intrusions
Definition
salt water seeps into freshwater
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Arsenic
Definition
a brittle steel metalloid
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River Basin
Definition
the portion of land drained by a river
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Watershed
Definition
stops water flowing to different rivers
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Continental Divide
Definition
a river basin into an ocean
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Wetland
Definition
an area that is either periodically or permanently inundated by surface or ground water
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Estuary
Definition
a partly enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea
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Waste Water
Definition
any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence.
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Storm Water
Definition
surface water in abnormal quantity resulting from heavy falls of rain or snow.
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Eutrophication
Definition
excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen
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Salinity
Definition
Salinity is the saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water
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