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Water
Cycle Glossary
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Meaning
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Height, measured
from sea level.
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Solid rock underneath
the layer of soil.
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The low area between
the river banks in which water flows.
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Process by which
gas passes into the liquid or solid state, by cooling.
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The laying of
material onto the river bed that has been transpoted by the river.
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Process by which
a liquid passes into a gas.
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The slow removal
of particles of a substance by another substance, e.g. rivers slowly
taking bits of rock and soil from the banks.
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The flat floor
of a valley over which a river may spread in the time of flood.
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A force when two
or more objects or surfaces rub together, resulting in a loss of energy
(e.g. slowing down or releasing heat).
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A light floating
substance, similar to air.
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Water held underground
in rock formations.
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A surface which
does not allow the passage of water through it.
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The process of water slowly moving into, or through, a surface (e.g. by filling the small gaps between soil particles) |
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A water filled
hollow in the ground, usually quite large.
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Rain water dripping
of leaves on trees
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A runny substance
similar to water.
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A curved, loop-like
bend in a river.
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The outfall of
a river into the sea or large lake
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Very small pieces
of a substance
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When a harmfull
substance is placed into another, e.g. oil into the sea.
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The falling of
water to the earths surface from the atmosphere, can be rain, dew, mist
etc.
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When droplets
of water, formed by condensation, fall to earth.
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An area of water
storage, often a man made lake.
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Water flowing
in a channel towards the sea or a large lake.
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Material laid
down by rivers on flood plains and its own bed.
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A hard substance
similar to wood and rock.
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The point where
a river rises, e.g. at a spring
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Liquid, solid
and gas are 'states' of a substance. A substance can move between these
states with the use of heat (energy).
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Man made channels
and pipes which direct rainwater from built up areas to rivers, lakes
and the sea, to avoid flooding.
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A small river,
often tributaries to rivers.
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The flowing of
water on the surface of the ground, down a slope.
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When a substance
is held up and kept from falling or sinking in air or water, e.g. mud
(silt) in a river, or clouds in the air.
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The movement of
material by being 'carried' by the river.
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A stream or river
which joins a larger one.
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Rain water flowing
down tree trunks
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Speed
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The movement of
water from the sea, into the air, on to land and back out to sea again.
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Level below ground
which is saturated with water.
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The gas state
of water.
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