The streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river are called

The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a

One watershed is separated from another by a ridge of land called a

A lake that stores water for human use is called a

The mouth of a waterway; when a tributary meets a larger body of water.

Materials that allow water to pass through

Materials that water cannot pass through easily

This is the layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water.

This area is made up of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water

The top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater under Earth's surface.

Any underground layer or permeable rock or sediment that holds water and allows it to flow.

This is when water rises on its own because of pressure within an aquifer.

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