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| EPA | agency responsible for enforcing water pollution laws in the U.S. |
| RESERVOIR | a lake that is used to supply water for human consumption |
| SWAMP | wetland that contains trees and shrubs |
| NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION | Pollution that comes from a wide area |
| FLOODPLAIN | part of a stream valley that is covered by water during a flood |
| BED LOAD | sediment that moves along the bed of a stream |
| POINT SOURCE POLLUTION | pollution that comes from one source or point |
| wetland | area of land that water flows across or though on its way to a given waterway |
| MARSHES | type of wetland that contains grasses and soft stemmed plants |
| MEANDERING STREAM | type of stream that has wide bends in its channel |
| BOG | type of wetland that contains carnivorous plants (meat eating) |
| RUNOFF | the remaining water that is not absorbed into the soil |
| EUTROPHICATION | process that will be most responsible for the eventual disappearance of a lake |
