Wetlands Word Search
Play a Wetlands word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: MARSH, SWAMP, WETLAND, ESTUARY, DELTA, RIVER, LAKE, POND, AQUIFER, WATERSHED, CREEK, STREAM.
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Wetlands word list, defined
- MARSH /mɑːʃ/ · noun
- An area of low-lying land that is seasonally or permanently covered with water and typically contains marsh vegetation. The word can also refer more broadly to wetland or an area of wet, soft ground. Related: wetland, swamp, fen, bog.
- SWAMP /swɒmp/ (British); /swɑːmp/ (American) · noun & verb
- A swamp is an area of land that is regularly or permanently covered by shallow water, typically with muddy ground and abundant wetland vegetation. As a verb, swamp means to overwhelm someone or something with a greater amount of work, problems, or attention. Related: marsh, bog, mire, fen.
- WETLAND /ˈwɛtlænd/ · noun
- An area of land that is regularly saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally. Wetlands may be fresh or salt water and can include marshes, swamps, fens, and tidal flats. Related: marsh, swamp, marshland, fen.
- ESTUARY /ˈɛstʃuəri/ (British), /ˈɛstʃuːˌɛri/ (US) · noun
- The tidal mouth of a large river where the tide meets the stream and the water is partly salt and partly fresh; a broad, often funnel-shaped arm of the sea at a river's lower course. Related: inlet, firth, sound, bay.
- DELTA /ˈdɛltə/ · noun
- The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ). Also, a triangular tract of alluvial land formed where a river splits into distributaries before entering a sea or lake, and in science and mathematics, a symbol for change or difference in a quantity. Related: alluvial plain, estuary, outwash, floodplain.
- RIVER /ˈrɪvər/ · noun and verb
- A river is a large natural stream of water flowing through a defined channel toward a sea, lake, or another body of water. The word can also describe a continuous flow or abundance of something. Related: stream, watercourse, waterway, brook.
- LAKE /leɪk/ · noun
- A large area of water surrounded by land. A lake is typically freshwater, although some lakes may be salty. Related: body of water, loch, tarn, mere.
- POND /pɒnd/ (British); /pɑːnd/ (US) · noun
- A small body of still or slow-moving fresh water, usually smaller than a lake, which may be natural or artificially created. Related: pool, tarn, mere, lagoon.
- AQUIFER /ˈækwɪfər/ · noun
- A body of permeable rock, sand, or gravel underground that contains or transmits groundwater and can yield economically useful quantities of water to wells and springs. Related: water table, groundwater reservoir, underground water source.
- WATERSHED /ˈwɔːtəʃed, ˈwɔːtərʃed/ · noun
- A decisive turning point that marks a significant change in direction or character. In geography, a ridge or boundary separating drainage basins, or the area draining into a particular river or body of water. Related: turning point, milestone, landmark, divide.
- CREEK /kriːk/ · noun
- A narrow, sheltered inlet of the sea along a coastline. In North America and Australia, a small stream or tributary of a river. Related: stream, brook, inlet, rivulet.
- STREAM /striːm/ · noun, verb
- A narrow channel of flowing water, or a continuous flow of liquid, air, words, information, or other material. As a verb, to stream means to flow steadily or to transmit or play content continuously over the internet. Related: current, flow, river, channel.
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