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Dam |
a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, the resulting reservoir being used in the generation of electricity or as a water supply. |
Barrier, hold back and raise |
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Delta |
A fan shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream |
Fan shaped mass material deposited mouth |
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Deposition |
The process in which material is laid down |
Process material laid |
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Discharge |
The amount of water a stream carries in a given amount of time. |
Amount water carries amount of time. |
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Drip irrigation |
an irrigation method that saves water and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants |
Method saves water allows water to drop slowly to roots |
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Erosion |
The process by which wind, water, or gravity transports soil or sediment from one location to another. |
Process or transportation |
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Floodplain |
An area a long a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks. |
Forms from sediments deposited river overflows |
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Water cycle |
The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, and the oceans. |
Continous movement water atmosphere land oceans |
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Water pollution |
Waste supply that is introduced into H2O and is harmful to organisms |
Waste supply introduced H2O harmful to organism s |
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Water table |
Upper surface of underground H2O |
Upper underground H2O |
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Gradient |
Measure of change in elevation over a certain distance- slope, steepness. |
Measure of change elevation distance slope, steep |
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Load |
Materials carried by the stream/river. Bedload big Suspended sand (muddy) Dissolved- in soulution-sodium |
Materials carried. Bedload suspended dissolved |
