underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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Wetland
a low area where the land is saturated with water
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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.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, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.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, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.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, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.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.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
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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, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.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, Pollution, Rivers, lakes and water, Hydrology and rivers, Water and aquatic environments, Land and soil.a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
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a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mothe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.(physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of low…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: area, land, saturated, water.
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