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

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