Hulsey: Chp 11 Science Vocabulary

the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

the continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean

a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream

the area of land that is drained by a water system

the boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions

the path that a stream follows

the materials carried by a stream

the process in which material is laid down

a fan-shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream

a fan-shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply

an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks

the upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation

a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater

the percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces

the ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces, or pores

an area in which water travels downward to become part of an aquifer

a spring whose water flows from a crack in the cap rock over the aquifer

pollution that comes from a specific site

pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single, specific site

a facility that cleans the waste materials found in water that comes from sewers or drains

a tank that separates solid waste from liquids and that has bacteria that break down the solid waste