Geography Hydrosphere Vocab

All the water of the earth

The circulation of water from one part of the hydrosphere to another

The process by which water is changed from a liquid to a gas

The process by which water changes from a gas to tiny droplets of liquid

The giving off of water vapor by plants through their leaves

The evaporation of water from the ground combined with the transpiration of water by plants

The shallowest part of the ocean, which slopes gently from the continents

The first streams to form from the runoff of precipitation that falls on hills and mountains

Any smaller stream that flows into a larger stream

The body of water formed when a river meets seawater

Water found below the earth's surface in the spaces between soil and rock grains

The top of the zone of soil and rock grains that are saturated with water

The rock layer that allows space for water storage and allows groundwater to move from space to space

The watering of land through pipes, ditches, or canals

The whole region drained by a river and its tributaries - also called drainage basin

Any landscape that is covered with water for at least part of the year - includes bogs, coastal marshes, river bottomlands, and wooded swamps

The process by which manufacturing based on machine power becomes widespread in an area

Electricity produced by moving water