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Hydrosphere 2
16 cards·by mswilkins
water cycle
the continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land
Aquifer
an underground layer of rock or soil that holds water
river basins
The land area drained by a river and its tributaries
Groundwater
water located below Earth’s surface
water table
The level below which the ground is saturated with water
saturated zone
A zone in which all voids are filled with water.
unsaturated zone
The zone between the land surface and the deepest water table.
Evaporation
the process by which a liquid is changed into a vapor
Transpiration
water vapor given off by plant photosynthesis
Condensation
the process of warm air cooling as it rises and releasing moisture in the form of a liquid
artesian well
a well in which water rises because of pressure within aquifer
Precipitation
the rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls from clouds onto the Earth’s land and oceans
Watershed
The areas of land that water drains in to when the ground is saturated or impermeable. the land
area that supplies water to a river system
Permeable
having pores or openings that allow water(or other liquids) to flow through them
Percolation
the downward movement of water through pores and other spaces in soil due to gravity
Impermeable
does not allow water to move through