| A | B |
| River | Largest type of flowing water |
| Stream | Larger than a creek, smaller than a river |
| creek | small body of flowing water |
| Lake | body of standing water too deep to allow plants to grow in middle |
| pond | body of standing water with plants growing across entire bed |
| marsh | wetland were the dominant vegitation is grasses, reeds. an/or rushes |
| bog | wetland that includes areas without standing water |
| wetland | land were the soil is saturated at least seasonally |
| estuary | wetland where fresh water meets ocean |
| tributaries | smaller streams and creeks that eventually flow into a river |
| river system | a river, its tributaries, and the land that drains into them |
| water shed | area of land that drains into a fresh water system |
| fresh water system | a lake, pond, river, stream, etc. and the land that drains into it |