Hydrology Vocabulary

the study of water

• ecology

• geology

• hydrology

• biology

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Water that collects in lakes, rivers, oceans and other bodies of water

• river

• accumulation

• condensation

• runoff

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the continuous movement of water from the ocean, to the atmosphere, to the land, and back to the ocean

• rock cycle

• water cycle

• life cycle

• soil formation

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the release of water vapor to the atmosphere by plant leaves

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater

• accumulation

• aquifer

• rock

• pond

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the process that changes a gas to a liquid by removing heat

• evaporation

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

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the protection of resources from pollution or damage

• conservation

• condensation

• preservation

• recycling

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a measure of the amount of

dissolved salts in water

• aquifer

• evaporation

• tides

• salinity

the process that changes a liquid to a gas by adding heat

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

• evaporation

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the rising and falling of ocean water due to gravity

• tide

• wave

• current

• moon phase

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