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Earth's Fresh Water


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aquiferan underground layer of rock or soil filled with water
desalinationgetting fresh water from seawater
groundwaterprecipitation that seeps into the ground and is stored in
reservoira storage area for fresh water supplies
springa place where groundwater seeps out of the ground
water cyclethe continuous movement of water between Earth's
water tablethe top of the water-filled spaces in the ground
wella hole dug below the water table that water seeps into
evaporationthe slow changing of a liquid into a gas
condensationthe changing of a gas into a liquid
precipitationany form of water particles that falls from the
runoffprecipitation that flows across the land's surface or falls