This glossary is for teachers’ reference. It contains words that need definition in simpler terms for children.
- acid precipitation
- acid rain
- aqueduct
- aquifer
- drinking water
- drought:
- estuary
- evaporation
- filter
- fresh water
- gravity
- ground-water discharge
- ground-water recharge
- groundwater
- humidity
- hydrologic cycle
- irrigate
- precipitation
- rainwater
- reservoir
- river basin
- runoff
- saltwater
- source
- springs
- transpiration
- tributaries
- unconfined aquifer
- wastewater
- water
- water conservation
- water cycle
- water table
- water vapor
- watershed
- well
- wetland