Bodies of Water

Vocabulary

pond

A small body of water

surrounded by land,
Smaller than a lake

stream

A small and narrow

flowing body of water

lake

A large body of water

surrounded by land

river

A large body of flowing

water that empties into a
sea or ocean

ocean

A large body of salt

water surrounded by
continents

glacier

A long-lasting slowly
moving river of ice on land

aquifer

An underground area of
sand, gravel or rock with
spaces filled with water

cave

A large hole in the ground

or in the side of a
mountain

porous

Having a surface that has

holes that allows fluids to
move through it

drainage area

An area of land where

surface water comes
together at a lower point

recharge zone

The area where the water

from rainfall and streams
enters the aquifer

artesian zone Area where empty spaces in

sand, gravel, or rock are filled

with water that is under
pressure

solution cave

A cave that forms in

limestone dissolved by
carbonic acid

acid

A compound that can

dissolve solids

limestone

A soft rock formed from

the skeletons and shells
of ocean animals.