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Groundwater
________ is the largest source of freshwater in the world.
Recharge Zone
________- The area above an aquifer that supplies water.
Confined Aquifer
________- a(n) aquifer below the land that is saturated with water.
Freshwater
________ is being diverted into many different purposes.
Aquifers
Geologic feature that contains water in quantities sufficient to support a spring or well.
Unconfined Aquifer
An aquifer where the upper water surface is at atmospheric pressure.
Unsaturated Zone
The zone immediately below the land surface that is not totally saturated with water.
Water Permeability
The ability of a material to allow passage through rocks with water
Water Table
The level below that ground is saturated with water.
Glaciers
Body of dense ice that only forms on land.
Ice Sheets
Masses of glacial ice that are each greater than 20,000 square miles in area
Ice Shelf
Thick floating platform of ice that forms when a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface
Sea Ice
Frozen seawater that floats of the ocean surface, primarily found in the Northern hemisphere.
Oceanic Circulation
Event where heat is transferred to the equator by ocean currents.
Great Ocean Conveyor Belt
Constant motion of warm and cold water, with cold water going to the Antarctic while the warm water goes to the Pacific; Helps regulate the amount of sea ice in polar regions.
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