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Unit Two Water Planet Vocabulary

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irrigationwatering of land through pipes or canals
industrializationlarge-scale manufacturing of goods using machine power
hydroelectricitywater produces power
hydrologic cyclecirculation of water among the parts of the hydrosphere
transpirationwhen plants give off water vapor
headwatersfirst, smallest streams to form from runoff
tributarysmaller river flowing into a larger river
watershedarea of land drained by a river
estuarywhere rivers meet the sea
lakedepression inland filled with water
wetlandsareas inland that flood part of the year
groundwaterwater found below earth's surface
water tablewhere an underground water source begins
continental shelfshallowest part of the ocean
Mariana Trenchdeepest point in the Pacific Ocean



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