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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:| 7. | Volume of flowing water in a river | | 8. | Man-made river channel | | 9. | Winding path | | 12. | Wastewater | | 13. | Maximum rate of flow | | 20. | A large, silty area at the mouth of a river | | 21. | Flow of the river | | 24. | All forms of water that fall to earth's surface | | 26. | Armor to minimize the effects of erosion | | 27. | Main course of a river | | 28. | Specific length of a stream or watercourse | | 29. | Another name for a narrow gorge |
| | Down:| 1. | Source of a stream or river | | 2. | A barrier on a river | | 3. | The bottom of the river | | 4. | Very small channel of water caused by erosion | | 5. | Area of land that a river drains | | 6. | The sides of a river between which the water normally flows | | 10. | An artificial lake created by a dam across a river | | 11. | A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake | | 14. | The direction a river flows | | 15. | The wearing away of land by the flow of water | | 16. | A man-made embankment to prevent flooding | | 17. | A marsh or swamp | | 18. | Excess water flow | | 19. | What the river carries along with it: mud, sand, rocks, wood | | 22. | The end of a river where it empties into a large body of water | | 23. | Something dropped or left behind by moving water | | 25. | Interface between land and a river or stream |
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A Flood of Ideas
Across:| 7. | Volume of flowing water in a river | | 8. | Man-made river channel | | 9. | Winding path | | 12. | Wastewater | | 13. | Maximum rate of flow | | 20. | A large, silty area at the mouth of a river | | 21. | Flow of the river | | 24. | All forms of water that fall to earth's surface | | 26. | Armor to minimize the effects of erosion | | 27. | Main course of a river | | 28. | Specific length of a stream or watercourse | | 29. | Another name for a narrow gorge |
| | Down:| 1. | Source of a stream or river | | 2. | A barrier on a river | | 3. | The bottom of the river | | 4. | Very small channel of water caused by erosion | | 5. | Area of land that a river drains | | 6. | The sides of a river between which the water normally flows | | 10. | An artificial lake created by a dam across a river | | 11. | A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake | | 14. | The direction a river flows | | 15. | The wearing away of land by the flow of water | | 16. | A man-made embankment to prevent flooding | | 17. | A marsh or swamp | | 18. | Excess water flow | | 19. | What the river carries along with it: mud, sand, rocks, wood | | 22. | The end of a river where it empties into a large body of water | | 23. | Something dropped or left behind by moving water | | 25. | Interface between land and a river or stream |
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© 2015
PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only