Earth's Water Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: estuary : where the tide meets the stream, marsh : an area of low-lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times, levee : an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river, neritic : shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately 200 meters, reservoir : a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply, permeable : allowing liquids or gasses to pass through it, impermeable : not allowing fluid to pass through porosity,, swamp : an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh, wetland : areas where water covers the soil,, aquifer : a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater, sublimation : transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state, tributary : a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake, transpiration : occurs when plants take up liquid water from the soil and release water vapor into the air from their leaves, aphotic : the portion of a lake or ocean where there is little or no sunlight, intertidal : zone of the ocean where the ocean meets the land between high and low tides, groundwater : water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock, precipitation : rain, snow, sleet, or hail that fall, condensation : water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it, evaporation : the process of turning from liquid into vapor, confluence : the junction of two rivers, especially rivers of approximately equal width, salinity : the amount of dissolved salts that are present in water.