Hydro Vocab

Front

The conversion of a solid directly to a gas without passing through the liquid stage.

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Sublimation

Front

The constant movement of water among the oceans, the atmosphere, solid Earth, and the biosphere.

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Water Cycle

Front

The movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks or pore spaces

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Infiltration

Front

The process of converting a liquid to a gas.

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Evaporation

Front

Water absorbed and released into the atmosphere by plants.

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Transpiration

Front

Water underground in the zone of saturation.

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Groundwater

Front

The flat, low-lying portion of a stream valley subject to periodic flooding.

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Floodplain

Front

An elevated landform that parallels a stream and acts to confine its waters, except during flood stage.

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Natural Levee

Front

The land that water flows across or under on its way to a river.

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River basin

Front

The land area that contributes water to a stream.

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Drainage Basin