| A | B |
|---|
| brackish | water that has more salt than fresh water but less than sea water |
| confluence | meeting of two or more bodies of water |
| continental divide | a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea |
| divide | topographically high area that separates a landscape into different water basins |
| estuary | where a stream or river meets an ocean or lake |
| flood | overflow of water in one place |
| lake | large bodies of freshwater |
| levee | high walls that keep the stream within its banks during floods |
| limnology | study of bodies of fresh water and the organisms that live there |
| marsh | shallow wetlands around lakes, streams, or the ocean |
| mouth | point at which a stream comes into a large body of water |
| pond | small bodies of fresh water that usually have no outlet |
| pool | small deep body of water |
| stream | bodies of water that have a current |
| swamp | a wetland with lush trees and vines found in a low-lying area beside slow-moving rivers |
| tributary | smallest body of water in a confluence |
| wetland | lands that are wet for significant periods of time |
