Water Resources Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• watershed : the area of land drained by a river system
• surface water : rivers, lakes and streams
• discharge : groundwater becoming surface water (springs)
• water table : the upper boundary saturated by water
• porosity : how much rock is open space
• permeability : the ease of which water flows through
• recharge : the process of surface water filling the aquifer
• aquifer : rock layer that stores groundwater
• topography : determines how water flows; lay of the land
• runoff : water that flows from higher to lower elevation
• groundwater : water collected in spaces between rocks