Water Flashcards
Broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows
Estuary
Level below which ground saturated with water
Water table
It Is a body of fresh water or salt water surrounded by land
Lake
Part of the course of a river when water rushes over rocks
Rapids
Floating mass of ice broke off of glacier
Ice burg
Flow of stream of water
Current
Narrow water way connecting two bodies of water
Strait
Where waters empty into sea
Mouth
Steep sides of glaciated valley
Fjord
A river that flows into a larger river
Tributary
One of the four largest bodies of water on earth
Ocean
Portion of the sea extends into the land
Gulf
Body of water encircled by coral reef
Lagoon
Rising and falling of the ocean
Tides
River bank higher than surrounding land
Levee
Begging of a brook or river
Source
Movement of water from earth to air and back
Water cycle
River of ice
Glacier
The bed of a salt lake
Playa
Part of a body of water reaches into land smaller than a gulf
Bay
Large natural stream of water
River
Narrow strip of water extending into the coast
Inlet
Artificial waterway
Canal
Usually dry
Wadi
Place to store water
Resovor
Land built up at mouth of a river
Delta
Swamp,marsh,bog
Wet land
Study of the ocean
Oceanography
Water that lies just beneath the surface
Ground water
Powerful ocean wave
Tsunami