Vocab

Question 1

Carriage water

Answer 1

Water in river/canal that allows usable water to flow by

Question 2

Water reliability

Answer 2

Extent to which water arrives in the amount, quality, timing, and cost expected by the user

Question 3

Stocks of water

Answer 3

Discreet amounts of water that are not flowing

Question 4

Hydrology

Answer 4

Science that encompasses the occurrence, distribution, movement, and properties of the water of the earth and their relationship w/ the environment and hydrologic cycle

Question 5

Perennial stream

Answer 5

Flows all year

Question 6

Intermittent stream

Answer 6

Expected to be dry part of the year

Question 7

Sheetwash

Answer 7

Most of the erosion over large areas, washing sediment down to river channels

Question 8

Bedload erosion

Answer 8

Rocks & boulders rolling along bottom of river

Question 9

In-suspension erosion

Answer 9

Churning of sediment in river

Question 10

Loess

Answer 10

Fine sediment

Question 11

In-solution erosion

Answer 11

Dissolved in the water

Question 12

Floodplain

Answer 12

Portion of river valley that is under water during a flood

Question 13

Groundwater

Answer 13

Water found in underground pore spaces in saturated zone in alluvial materials and in cracks of hard rocks

Question 14

Aquifer

Answer 14

Geologic formation that stores, transmits, and yields significant quantities of water to wells and springs

Question 15

Overdraft

Answer 15

Withdrawal of water from aquifer in excess of amount of water that recharges the basin

Question 16

Recharge

Answer 16

Flow to groundwater storage from precipitation, irrigation, and spreading basins

Question 17

Permeability

Answer 17

Capacity of soil or rock to transmit water

Question 18

Fossil water

Answer 18

Water underground w/ no way of getting to river, lake, or ocean

Question 19

Potable water

Answer 19

Water that meets the standards of drinking purposes of the state or local authority, or meets quality standards from EPA