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Watershed
an area of the land that water flows through, around or over- found EVERYWHERE
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Water quantity
How much water is available- affected by climate, time of year and human activity
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Water quality
rating based upon levels of contaminants and pollutants in the water.
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Point pollution
type of pollution where a definite source can be found
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Non-point pollution
type of pollution where NO definite source can be found
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Ground water
Water found under the surface or in the ground
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Aquifer
a area of the bed rock where water can be held
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Unconfined aquifer
an aquifer that can be recharged from the surface
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Confined aquifer
an aquifer that cannot be recharged from the surface
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Spring
an area where an aquifer bubbles to the surface through a fault
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Impermeable
water is NOT able to flow through
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Permeable
water is able to flow through
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Infiltration
Water moving through the ground to reach an aquifer
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Percolation
water having impurities removed as it moves through the sediments
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Watershed uses
recreation, travel, transportation, shipping
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Factors that affect quality
run-off, sanitation, vegetation, pollution
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Precipitation or thawing
How water enters a watershed
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Manure
How livestock impair water quality- bacterial
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Exhaust
How cars impair water quality- toxic
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Nutrient pollution
fertilizers
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Bacterial pollution
bacterial waste
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Toxic pollution
lead, mercury, arsenic
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Sediment pollution
excess soil run-off
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Karst aquifer
cave
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Artesian Well
well into a confined aquifer
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Adaptations for Karst aquifer
blindness, heightened sense of smell
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