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 Index A
Abrasion 3
Algae (see: Polluted water) Alluvial fan 3
Alluvium 3
Amazon (see: River) Amorphous solid (see: Ice) Amur (see: River)
Angel Falls (see: Waterfall) Aquaculture (see: Water life) Aqueduct 4
Aquiclude 4
Aquifer 4
Archimedes (see: Buoyancy) Artesian water 4
Artesian well (see: Artesian water)
Attrition 5
B
Badlands 5
Barrage 5
Basin, river basin 6 Bilharzia (see: Diseases) Billabong 6
Bog 6
Boil (see: Boiling point
of water)
Boiling point of water 6 Bore 6
Boulder 6
Brackish water 6
Braided river 6–7
Branch 7
Bridging point of a river 7 Brook (see: River)
Bund (see: Reservoir) Buoyancy 8
C
Canal 8–9
Canyon 9
Cascade (see: Waterfall) Cataract 9
Channel (see: River channel) Chemical weathering 9 Cholera (see: Diseases)
Clay, mud 10
Clean water 10
Cliff, river cliff 11
Colorado River
(see: Alluvium; Canyon;
Dam)
Condensation 11 Confluence 11
Congo (see: River) Continental divide 11 Corinth Canal (see: Canal) Craterlake 11
Crevasse 12
D
Dam 12 Dehydration 13 Delta 13 Desalinization 13 Deserts (see: Canyon;
Desalinization; Flash flood;
Oasis; Playa, playa lake) Dew (see: Precipitation;
Vapor, water vapor) Dike 14
Diseases 14
Dissolve 14–15
Distilled water (see: Water) Divide (see: Continental
divide) Dock 15
Drainage 15 Drainage basin 15 Drinking water 16 Drought 16
Drowned river (see: Estuary) Dysentery
(see: Dehydration) E
Earth dam (see: Dam) Eddy (see: Pothole) Electricity
(see: Hydroelectric power) El Niño 16
Embankment (see: Dam;
Dike; Levee) Erosion 16 Estuary 16 Evaporation 16–17
F
Fall line 17
Fan (see: Alluvial fan) Finger lake, ribbon lake 17 Fjord 17
Flash flood 17
Flood 18
Flood plain 18
Flood prevention
(see: Barrage; Dam; Dike;
Groin; Levee; Reservoir) Ford 18
Fork 18
Freezing point of water 19 Fresh water 19
G
Geothermal power (see: Hot spring)
Geyser 19
Glaciation (see: Fjord;
Glacier; Lake; Waterfall) Glacier 19
Grand Canal (see: Canal) Grand Canyon (see: Canyon) Groin 19
Groundwater 20
Gulf Stream (see: Ocean
currents) H
Hail (see: Ice; Precipitation) Hardness 20
Hard water (see: Hardness) Head 20
Headwater 20 Heat capacity 21 H2O (see: Water) Hot springs 21 Huang Ho (Yellow)
(see: River) Humidity 21 Hydroelectric power 21 Hydrological cycle 22 Hydrothermal vents
M
Malaria (see: Diseases) Meander 26–27 Melting point of ice (see:
Freezing point of water) Mid-Atlantic Ridge
(see: Ocean) Mississippi (see: Canal;
Delta; River) Moisture 26 Molecules, water
(see: Evaporation; Ice; Ice crystals; Surface tension; Water)
Moraine (see: Finger lake; Glacier)
Mud (see: Clay) N
Nile (see: Cataract;
Clay, mud; Delta; River; Waterfall)
North Atlantic Drift (see: Ocean currents)
O
Oasis 26
Ob-Irtysh (see: River) Ocean 27
Ocean currents 28 Ocean life 28–29 Onchocerciasis
(see: Diseases)
Oxbow, oxbow lake 29–30
P
Panama Canal (see: Canal) Paraña (see: River) Permeable rock 31
Playa, playa lake 31 Plunge pool (see: Waterfall) Polluted water 31
Porous rock 31 Pothole 32 Precipitation 32
R
Rain, raindrop, rainfall 32–33 Rain shadow 33
Rapids 33
Reclamation (see: Drainage) Relative humidity
(see: Humidity) Reservoir 33–34 Reverse osmosis
(see: Desalinization) Rhine Danube Canal
(see: Canal) Ribbon lake
(see: Finger lake) River 34–35
River basin (see: Basin) River blindness
(see: Diseases) River channel 35 Rock dam (see: Dam) Runoff 35
S
Salt water
(see: Brackish water; Desalinization; Heat capacity; Ocean; Seawater)
Sand 35 Schistosomiasis
(see: Diseases)
Sea (see: Ocean; Seawater) Seawater 36–37
Sediment 37
Silt 38
Sleet (see: Ice; Precipitation) Snow, snowflake (see: Ice;
Ice crystals; Moisture; Precipitation; River; Runoff; Vapor, water vapor; Water; Water cycle)
Softness (see: Hardness) Soft water (see: Hardness) Solvent 38
Sound (see: Fjord)
Spring 38–39
Steam 39
St. Lawrence Seaway
(see: Canal) Storm drains
(see: Runoff)
Stream (see: River) Sublimation 40
Suez Canal (see: Canal) Surface runoff (see: Runoff
and Water cycle) Surface tension 40 Suspension 40
Swallow hole (see: Pothole) Swamp 40
T
Tide 40 Transpire 40 Tributary 40
U
Upthrust (see: Buoyancy) V
Valley glacier (see: Glacier) Vapor, water vapor 41
W
Water 41–42 Waterborne animals
(see: Ocean life; Surface
tension; Water life) Waterborne diseases
(see: Diseases)
Water consumption 42 Water cycle 42–43
Water erosion (see: Chemical
weathering; Erosion) Waterfall 44–45 Waterlife 45 Waterlogging (see: Bog;
Drainage; Swamp;
Water table; Wetlands) Water molecules
(see: Evaporation; Ice; Ice crystals; Surface tension; Water)
Water power 45 Waterresource 46 Watershed 46 Watersupply 46–47 Watertable 47
Water vapor (see: Vapor,
water vapor) Waterwheel
(see: Water power) Weathering (see: Chemical
weathering; Erosion) Weir (see: Barrage; Lock) Well 47
Wetlands 47
Y
Yangtze (see: Canal; Dam; River)
Yenisey (see: River)
                     (see: Seawater)
I
Ice 22–23 IceAge 23
Ice crystals 23 Irrigation 24
K
Keil Canal (see: Canal) Khone Falls (see: Waterfall)
L
Lake 24–25 Legionnaire’s disease
(see: Diseases) Levee 26
Lime scale (see: Hardness of water)
Lock 26
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