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Potable water
Water that is safe to drink.
Watershed
A region of interconnected rivers and streams that drain into a common body of water.
Reservoir
An artificial way of storing water.
Water quality
The cleanliness and purity of water, including the presence of living organisms, organic material, chemicals, and metals.
Salinity
The total amount of salts found in water.
Hardwater
Water that is high in dissolved minerals
Water testing
Evaluating water quality based on taste, odor, turbidity, toxins, bacteria, mineral content, pH, dissolved oxygen, suspended solids, and dissolved solids.
Waves
Surface movements of water are caused by disturbances or variations that transfer energy. by circular movements of particles
Tides
Regular rising and falling of large bodies of water are caused by the gravitational force of the moon and the rotation of the earth.
Erosion
Wearing away of the shoreline due to wave action.
Deposition
Building up of the shoreline through the deposition of materials.
Tsunamis
"Tidal" waves caused by earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides.
Distillation
Removing water from a solution by boiling off the water, collecting the steam, condensing it, and leaving impurities behind.
Reverse Osmosis
Forcing water through a selectively permeable membrane to remove impurities.
Stream profile
Description of a stream's characteristics, including flow rate, steepness of the bed, and erosion rates of its banks.
Chemical weathering
Erosion or wearing away of rock due to chemicals in the water.
Continental drainage systems
The network of rivers and streams that drain into a main lake or river.
Glaciers
Large bodies of moving ice that shape and create drainage basins.
Kettle lake
A round lake formed by chunks of ice left behind and melting.
Moraines
Deposits of rocks and gravel at the edges and ends of glaciers.
Drumlins
Small tear-drop shaped hills formed over moraines.
Eskers
Snake-like structures formed by the deposition of rocks and gravel as the glacier melts.
Climate
The average weather measured over a long period of time.
Ocean currents
Movements of water caused by wind, convection, salinity, and earth rotation.
Chinook
moisture from oceans carried over a mountain by a strong wind, turning into warm air
delta
sediment deposited from streams in a fan-like structure
Watershed
The area of land that drains into one main lake or river.
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