Watershed Vocabulary

A semi-enclosed area where fresh water from a river meets salty water from the sea.

• Watershed

• Groundwater

• Estuary

• Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The stream that flows into a larger stream.

• gully
• tributary
• stream
• rill

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Wide valley through which a river flows.

• delta
• V-shaped valley
• flood plain
• alluvial fan

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A loop like bend in the course of a river.

• meander
• oxbow lake
• alluvial fan
• delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake.

• delta
• alluvial fan
• flood plain
• oxbow lake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The channel through which a natural stream of water runs or used to run

• Stream Bank

• stream channel

• Delta

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the land alongside a body of water.

• Stream Channel

• Eutrophication

• Stream Bank

a single identifiable source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution.

• Recharge

• Point source pollution

• Subsidence

pollution resulting from many diffuse sources, in direct contrast to point source pollution which results from a single source.

• Point source pollution

• Non-point source pollution

• Water Table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

the action of restoring a river or stream to a condition characteristic of a younger landscape.

• Lake

• Rejuvenation

• Riparian zone