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| The measure of an empty space in a material. |
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| The ability of a material to transmit fluid through pore spaces. |
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| Whenever the water table intersects the ground surface. |
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| What causes hot springs to form? |
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| Water is heated by the cooling of igneous rock. |
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| Intermittent hot springs; water turns to steam and erupts. |
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| A hole bored into the zone of saturation. |
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| Any formation in which groundwater rises on its own under pressure. |
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| Where the water table is lowered by the pumping of a well. |
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A moving body of freshwater.
EX: river/stream |
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Standing body of freshwater.
EX: lake/pond |
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| A naturally formed underground chamber, |
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| Rock formations in a cave that hang from the ceiling. |
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| Rock formations in a cave that rise up from the floor. |
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| Forms when bedrock dissolves and caverns collapse. |
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A type of pollution that comes from a specific location.
EX: industrial plants, sewage pipes |
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| Leaky Underground Storage Tanks |
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| Non-Point source Pollution |
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A type of pollution that cannot be traced to a specific location.
EX: cars, fertilizer/pesticide runoff from fields |
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| Slope or steepness of a stream. |
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| Course that the water in a stream follows. |
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| Volume of water flowing past a point in a certain amount of time. |
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| Lowest point to which a stream can erode. |
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| A stream with many bends. |
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| Solid materials too large to carry in a stream. |
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| How much a stream can carry. |
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| An accumulation of sediment formed where a stream enters a lake or ocean. |
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| Parallels a stream and helps to contain its waters (except during flood stage). |
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| U-shaped body of water when a small meander is cut off to create a lake. |
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| A flat, low laying portion of a stream valley subject to periodic flooding. |
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| Land area that contributes water to a stream. |
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| An imaginary line that separates the drainage basins of one stream to another. |
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| The process of nutrient over enrichment in aquatic systems results in excessive plat growth and oxygen depletion. |
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