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Alluvial

Material that has been depostited by flowing water



Benthic

Of or pertaining to the bottom of a stream, lake, sea, or ocean

Colluvium

Soil that is being transported slowly downslope due to gravitational creep

Emergency Spillway

A channel for safely conveying flood discharges which exceed the capacaity of the principal spillway of a pond, lake or reservoir.


Think: Bon Tempe Reservoir

Littoral Zone

The area of land between the high and low tide lines

Marsh

An environment where terrestrial and aquatic habitats overlap:


Wetland dominated by grass

Mudflat

A muddy, low lying strip of ground usually submerged, more or less completely, by the rise of the tide



Watershed

An area bounded by ridges having a single outlet from which water can flow