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fresh water | water that is not salty and has little taste, color or smell |
salt water | water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals |
water cycle | the continuous movement of water on Earth through the atmosphere and other living things |
evaporation | the process by which water changes from liquid to vapor |
condensation | the process by which water vapor changes into a liquid |
precipitation | any type of liquid or solid water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface |
divide | a continuous high line of land from which water flows in different directions |
drainage basin | an area into which all the water on one side of a divide flows |
turnover | the yearly rising and sinking of cold and warm water layers in a lake |
iceberg | a mass of ice floating in the ocean |
eutrophicahtion | an increase in nutrients in a lake or pond |
ground water | water that collects and is stored underground |
permeable | allowing the passage of liquids |
impermeable | resistant to the passage of liquids |
water table | the highest part in the ground that is saturated or filled with water |
aquifer | an underground layer of permeable rock that contains water |
spring | a flow of water from the ground |
artesian well | a well in which pressurized water flows upward to the surface |
transpiration | water vapor given off by plants |
continental glacier | glacier that covers Antarctica and Greenland |