the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
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Aquifer
underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same ou…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a pond for watering horses
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.the branch of geology that studies water on the earth and in the atmosphere: its distribution and uses and conservation
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Geography, Landscapes and landforms, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Geomorphology and geology.a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.a long narrow lagoon near the mouth of a river
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.Scottish word for a lake
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.Irish word for a lake
Used in the same subject area: Nature and environment, Environmental science, Geography, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments.low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…
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A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, ae…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish bro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: underground, layer, yielding, ground, water.
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