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the heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of a given substance by a given amount (usually one degree).

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of or found in salt water; living in the sea.

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Surface runoff is water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface, and is a major component of the water cycle. Runoff that occurs onsurfaces before reaching a channel is also called overland flow. A land area which produces runoff draining to a common point is called a watershed.

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the action of entering or gaining access to an organization or place surreptitiously, especially in order to acquire secret information or cause damage.

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When anything solid turns into a gas without first becoming liquid, that'ssublimation. When the surface layer of snow or ice turns into fog or steam without melting, this is an example of sublimation. The verb sublimation is from the Latin word sublimare, meaning “raised to a higher status.”

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Transpiration is when a plant absorbs water in its roots. Licensed from iStockPhoto. noun. Transpiration is the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves. An example of transpiration is when a plant absorbs water in its roots.

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the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

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water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

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the process of turning from liquid into vapor.

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Recharge is the primary method through which water enters an aquifer. This process usually occurs in the vadose zone below plant roots and is often expressed as a flux to the water table surface.

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the state or quality of a material or membrane that causes it to allow liquids or gases to pass through it.

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Porosity is the quality of being porous, or full of tiny holes. Liquids go right through things that have porosity. Go back far enough and you'll find that porosity stems from the Greek word poros for "pore," which means “passage.” So something with porosity lets things through.

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a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.

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water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.

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an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.

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Every river is part of a larger system-a watershed, which is the land drained by a river and its tributaries. Rivers are large natural streams of water flowing in channels and emptying into larger bodies of water. This diagram shows some common characteristics of a river system.

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water that collects on the surface of the ground.

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land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.

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a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

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Permafrost is soil, rock or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years. In areas not overlain by ice, it exists beneath a layer of soil, rock or sediment, which freezes and thaws annually and is called the "active layer".