Water Flashcards
0
Q
Broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows
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Estuary
1
Q
Level below which ground saturated with water
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Water table
2
Q
It Is a body of fresh water or salt water surrounded by land
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Lake
3
Q
Part of the course of a river when water rushes over rocks
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Rapids
4
Q
Floating mass of ice broke off of glacier
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Ice burg
5
Q
Flow of stream of water
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Current
6
Q
Narrow water way connecting two bodies of water
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Strait
7
Q
Where waters empty into sea
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Mouth
8
Q
Steep sides of glaciated valley
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Fjord
9
Q
A river that flows into a larger river
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Tributary
10
Q
One of the four largest bodies of water on earth
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Ocean
11
Q
Portion of the sea extends into the land
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Gulf
12
Q
Body of water encircled by coral reef
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Lagoon
13
Q
Rising and falling of the ocean
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Tides
14
Q
River bank higher than surrounding land
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Levee
