Water bodies

Water bodies

Referring to any significant accumulation of water usually on planet earth but also on other planetary bodies.

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water cycle

Water bodies; Rivers

Also known as the hydrologic cycle or H2O cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. Water can change states among liquid, ...

ecosystem

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A biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving, physical components of the environment with which the organisms ...

biomes

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Are climatically and geographically defined as similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as communities of plants, animals, and soil organisms, and are often referred to as ...

streams

Water bodies; Rivers

A body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, ...

riparian zone

Water bodies; Rivers

The interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the fifteen terrestrial biomes of the earth. Plant habitats and communities ...

river morphology

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a study of the channel pattern and the channel geometry at several points along a river channel, including the network of tributaries within the drainage basin.This means ...

fluviomorphology

Water bodies; Rivers

This is a study of the channel pattern and the channel geometry at several points along a river channel, including the network of tributaries within the drainage basin.This means ...