2. Name that term Rivers or streams that have been broken off from the main river source in due to deposition of sediment

3. Oxbow Lake

4. A stream or river that flows into a larger river, stream, or lake

5. Tributary

6. The materials carried by a stream

7. Load

8. Rivers or streams that carve their own path into the landscape

9. meander

10. The amount of salt concentration in freshwater or saltwater

11. salinity

12. Areas of standing water

13. wetland

14. A mixture of saltwater and freshwater (like the water in an estuary)

15. Brackish

16. Area of land drained by a water system

17. watershed

18. Fan shaped place where the sediment from other rivers and small bodies of water deposit material at the mouth of a stream

19. Delta

20. Which drainage basin (river) in our area empties into Mobile Bay?

21. Mobile River

22. What are the 3 types of marine creatures found in freshwater and saltwater called?

23. Benthos, nekton, and plankton

24. Living Organisms are (biotic or abiotic?)

25. Biotic

26. What are the 2 main types of wetlands found in the US?

27. Marshes and swamps

28. What percent of Earth’s freshwater is drinkable?

29. 1%

30. What 2 types of water feed an estuary?

31. Freshwater and Saltwater

32. What is the 4 th largest estuary in the country?

33. Mobile Bay