1.
unending cycle of Earth's water supply
2.
movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces
3.
course the water in a stream follows
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slope or steepness of a stream channel
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volume of water flowing past a certain point in a given unit of time in a stream
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stream that empties into another stream
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bends or curves in a stream
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larger particles that bounce or roll along the stream bed
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maximum load a stream can carry
10.
accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or ocean
11.
ridge that parallels a stream made from repeated flooding events depositing coarse sediments
12.
flat valley floor produces by the side-to-side cutting of a stream
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when the discharge becomes to great of a stream and it overflows its banks
14.
land area that contributes water to a stream
15.
imaginary line that separates the drainage basin of one stream to another
16.
total volume of rock or sediment that consists of por spaces
17.
ability of a material to transmit a fluid
18.
rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely
19.
area where water fills all pore spaces
20.
water within the zone of saturation
21.
upper limit of the zone of saturation
22.
where the water table intersects the ground surface and flows freely
23.
intermittent hot spring or fountain that shoots up water with great force
24.
hole bored into the zone of saturation
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when water rises under its own pressure
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naturally formed underground chamber
27.
features that form from dripping water in caverns; also called dripstone
28.
landscapes shaped by the dissolving power of groundwater; they typically have uneven terrain
29.
depression left by underground where water has removed soluble rock
