Science 7 1.2 & 1.4

Vocab

6 cards·by msH

The land area that supplies water to a river system is called?

Watershed

One watershed is separated from another by a ridge of land is called?

Divide

Over time, nutrients can build up in the lake in a process is called?

Eutrophication

Land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all the year is called?

Wetland

The streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river is called?

Tributaries

A lake that stores water for human use is called?

Reservoir