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| river | a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream |
| bay | A body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth, affording access to the ocean |
| estuary | An arm of the sea that extends inland to meet the mouth of a river. |
| lake | A large inland (water surrounded by land) body of fresh water or salt water. |
| natural resource | Something, such as a forest, a mineral deposit, or fresh water, that is found in nature and is necessary or useful to humans. |
| man-made resource | things made such as a chair from lumber |
| watershed | The entire region draining into a river, river system, or other body of water |
| "We All Live Downstream" | everyone has an affect on our water |
| coal | A natural dark brown to black graphitelike material used as a fuel, formed from fossilized plants and consisting of amorphous carbon with various organic and some inorganic compounds. |
| limestone | A common sedimentary rock consisting mostly of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime, carbon dioxide, and cement. |
| granite | A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building. |
| sand | Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock |
| minerals | A substance, such as stone, sand, salt, or coal, that is extracted or obtained from the ground or water and used in economic activities. |
| gravel | mixture of rock fragments or pebbles. |
| natural forest | forests tend to have more large trees and standing dead trees, multi-layered canopies with gaps resulting from the deaths of individual trees, and coarse woody debris on the forest floor. |
| cultivated forest | forests created by man |
| Tidewater soil | mostly sandy soil that does not hold water |
| Piedmont soil | mostly clay soil that does not hold water |
| Blue Ridge soil | mostly rocky soil |
| Valley & Ridge soil | mostly rich, fertile soil good for growing |
| Appalachian soil | mostly coal |
