Freshwater Review

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glacier
a huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over land
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lake
a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land
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iceberg
form when a glacier breaks off and falls into the ocean and floats away
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pond
a body of water smaller than a lake
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watershed
the land area that supplies water to a river system
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wetland
an area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year
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river
a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels
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ocean
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface