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Reach:Specific length of a stream or watercourse
Dike:A man-made embankment to prevent flooding
Waterway:A route for travel by water
Cottonwood:This tree relies on the natural cycle of flooding
Discharge:Volume of flowing water in a river
Tributary:A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
Floodplain:Land near a water body subject to flooding
Peak:Maximum rate of flow
Basin:Area of land that a river drains
Riprap:Armor to minimize the effects of erosion
Wetland:A marsh or swamp
Erosion:The wearing away of land by the flow of water
Precipitation:All forms of water that fall to earth's surface
Runoff:Excess water flow
Deposit:Something dropped or left behind by moving water
Mainstem:The principle river in a watershed
River Left:Opposite river right (2 words)
Mouth:The end of a river where it empties into a large body of water
Bed:The bottom of the river
Banks:The sides of a river between which the water normally flows
Alluvial:Deposited by running water
Effluent:Wastewater
Delta:A large, silty area at the mouth of a river
Channeled:Grooved or cut deeply
Meander:Winding path
Headwaters:Source of a stream or river
Rill:Very small channel of water caused by erosion
Riparian:Interface between land and a river or stream
Sediment:Solid material that is moved and deposited in another location
Trunk:Main course of a river
Canal:Man-made river channel
Current:Flow of the river
Confluence:Where two rivers or streams meet
Dam:A barrier on a river
Downstream:The direction a river flows
Load:What the river carries along with it: mud, sand, rocks, wood
Ravine:Another name for a narrow gorge
Reservoir:An artificial lake created by a dam across a river
Spring:A place where water naturally seeps or gushes from the ground
A Flood of Ideas
Across:1. | Area of land that a river drains | 3. | Where two rivers or streams meet | 6. | Land near a water body subject to flooding | 8. | Another name for a narrow gorge | 11. | A man-made embankment to prevent flooding | 13. | Maximum rate of flow | 14. | A route for travel by water | 16. | The direction a river flows | 18. | A marsh or swamp | 19. | Specific length of a stream or watercourse |
| 21. | The wearing away of land by the flow of water | 23. | Opposite river right (2 words) | 25. | Excess water flow | 26. | Something dropped or left behind by moving water | 29. | Winding path | 30. | Very small channel of water caused by erosion | 32. | Interface between land and a river or stream | 33. | Volume of flowing water in a river | 34. | Man-made river channel | 35. | Source of a stream or river |
| | Down:2. | A place where water naturally seeps or gushes from the ground | 3. | This tree relies on the natural cycle of flooding | 4. | A large, silty area at the mouth of a river | 5. | Grooved or cut deeply | 7. | Armor to minimize the effects of erosion | 9. | A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake | 10. | A barrier on a river | 12. | Wastewater | 15. | The end of a river where it empties into a large body of water |
| 17. | The bottom of the river | 20. | Flow of the river | 22. | An artificial lake created by a dam across a river | 24. | What the river carries along with it: mud, sand, rocks, wood | 27. | Solid material that is moved and deposited in another location | 28. | Main course of a river | 29. | The principle river in a watershed | 31. | The sides of a river between which the water normally flows |
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A Flood of Ideas
Across:1. | Area of land that a river drains | 3. | Where two rivers or streams meet | 6. | Land near a water body subject to flooding | 8. | Another name for a narrow gorge | 11. | A man-made embankment to prevent flooding | 13. | Maximum rate of flow | 14. | A route for travel by water | 16. | The direction a river flows | 18. | A marsh or swamp | 19. | Specific length of a stream or watercourse |
| 21. | The wearing away of land by the flow of water | 23. | Opposite river right (2 words) | 25. | Excess water flow | 26. | Something dropped or left behind by moving water | 29. | Winding path | 30. | Very small channel of water caused by erosion | 32. | Interface between land and a river or stream | 33. | Volume of flowing water in a river | 34. | Man-made river channel | 35. | Source of a stream or river |
| | Down:2. | A place where water naturally seeps or gushes from the ground | 3. | This tree relies on the natural cycle of flooding | 4. | A large, silty area at the mouth of a river | 5. | Grooved or cut deeply | 7. | Armor to minimize the effects of erosion | 9. | A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake | 10. | A barrier on a river | 12. | Wastewater | 15. | The end of a river where it empties into a large body of water |
| 17. | The bottom of the river | 20. | Flow of the river | 22. | An artificial lake created by a dam across a river | 24. | What the river carries along with it: mud, sand, rocks, wood | 27. | Solid material that is moved and deposited in another location | 28. | Main course of a river | 29. | The principle river in a watershed | 31. | The sides of a river between which the water normally flows |
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