Open Water Sites Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• quarry pool: quarry pool is a body of water that is formed after a quarry has been dug through a mining operation
• river: a natural channels of water normally flowing towards the sea or other bodies of water such as lakes, lochs or reservoirs
• estuaries: a tidal mouths of rivers, where they meet the sea
• canals: its an artificial man-made channels of water
• lakes: can vary considerably in size, but they are commonly large expanses of deep, cold water, formed when natural basins fill with water flowing from rivers and streams
• banks: the land running alongside a body of water, which are often covered in grass and plant life
• freeboards: is the area between the water surface and the top of the bank. the size of freeboards can vary considerably in height and composition
• hydraulics: are caused when water flows over an obstacle
• strainers: are partial blockages that allow water to flow through but block larger objects
• eddies: are caused when water flows around an obstacle (such as a rock), swirls, and flows against the current back towards the downstream side of the obstacle
• dams: barriers that control or contain the flow of water
• weirs: are man-made, overflow-style dams used commonly in rivers and canals to control the water level and flow, often to make the waterway deep enough for boats or to reduce erosion