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the ability of the rock or sediment to allow water to pass through it

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Permeability

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narrow and elongated

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Interfluve

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process during heavy rain, water moves down hill

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overland flow

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water enters the channels and it contribute to surface run off

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streamflow

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large inland bodies of fresh or saine water

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lakes

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small and shallow lakes

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ponds

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barriers constructed along streams

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dams

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land areas where water covers surface for significant periods

-8.52% of the total land surface

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wetlands

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watee is open to the atmosphere through pores

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Confined Aquifer

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water could rise in this well without pumping

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Artesian Well

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the land area where water enters the ground

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Recharge zone

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the area where the ground water flows out of the aquifer

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Discharge zone

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when groundwater emerges to the ground surface

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spring

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a moving body of surface that flows downslope

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stream

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is a stream with a considerable volume

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river

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smaller streams

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tributaries

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water flows into particular stream

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Drainage basin

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the line that seperates individual drainage basin

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Drainage divide

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natural event in an area that is usually dry is submerged under water

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Flood

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occurs when a strem's discharge is greater than the capacity of the channel

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riverine flood

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characterized by intense, high-velocity torrent of water

-occurs in an existing river channel with little to no notice

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Flash Floods

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when water overwhelmed in low -lying areas along the coasts

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coastal flooding

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when heavy rainfall creates a flood event independent of an overflowing stream

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Surface Water Flood

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plays an important role in reducing flood intensity

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vegetation

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the layer beneath the zone of aeration

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zone of saturation

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boundary between zone of aeration and zone of saturation

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Water Table

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layer that directly above water table

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Capillary Fringe

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types of wetlands

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marsh, swamp, estuary

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a shallow wetland around lakes, streams

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marsh

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a wetland with lush trees and vegetation found in low-lying areas beside slow-moving rivers

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swamp

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a partly enclosed coastal body of water where freshwaters from stream meets the saltwater from sea

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Estuary

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water found in the rock and soil layers beneath surface

-largest reservoir of liquid freshwaters on earth

-contributes 30.1% of total freshwater

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groundwater

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water bearing rock layers

-sponge that holds ground water

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Aquifers

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total amount of empty pore space in the rock

-determines amount of groundwater that aquifer can hold

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porosity

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salt and alkaline

compound (contains hydrogen and oxygen)

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water

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also known as water cycle

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hydrologic cycle

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liquid changes into water vapor

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evaporation

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evaporation of water from the leaves of stems of plants

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transpiration

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the water vapor enters the atmosphere

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sublimation

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the changes from vapor into liquid or solid

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condensation

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the transfer of water from atmosphere to the earth's surface

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precipitation

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field of geology that deals with distribution, availability, and flow of water in aquifers

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hydrogeology

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restored in glaciers in accessible regions and mountains

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freshwater