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Hydrosphere; CH 15.1 and 15.2

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Across
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All of the land from which water runs off into streams, rivers, and lakes
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A stream or river that is composed of multiple channels that divide and rejoin around sediment bars
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The volume of water moved by a stream in a given time period
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A relatively narrow depression that a stream follows as it flows downhill
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Winding patterns of wide curves, form because the water slows as the gradient decreases
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The process of removing salt from ocean water
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When a stream becomes longer and wider
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Ridges that separate watersheds
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The total sum of the water loss from an area, equals the water lost by evaporation and the water lost by transpiration
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Fine particles of sand and silt
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Deposited sediment
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The process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere
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A lake formed when a meander become cut off from the river
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The process by which liquid water changes into water vapor
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The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, land, and oceans
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The materials carried by a stream
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Feeder streams that flow into the main stream
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Larger, coarser materials carried by a stream, such as sand, gravel, and pebbles
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Mineral matter transported in liquid solution
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The beginning of a stream
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The process by which channels lengthen and branch out at their upper ends where runoff enters the stream
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Water changes from a liquid to a gas, forms clouds
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Any water that falls to Earth's surface from the clouds
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When one stream is "captured" from another watershed because of a higher rate of erosion
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Where the stream enters a larger body of water
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The part of the stream channel that is below the water level
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The gas form of water
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The change in elevation of a stream over a given horizontal distance
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The edges of a stream channel that are above water