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Word Search – Go With the Flow

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Test your knowledge on diversion dams, reservoirs, and water channels.

Word Search – Go With the Flow

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Go With The Flow! Are Mountain Stream Channels Shaped by Flood and Drought?

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  • channel

    (cha nǝl): The bed where a natural stream of water runs.

  • diversion dam

    (dǝ vǝr zhǝn dam): A barrier that diverts all or a portion of the flow of a river from its natural course.

  • divert

    (dǝ vǝrt): To turn from one course or use to another.

  • periodically

    (pir ē ä di k(ǝ) lē): At regular intervals of time; from time to time.

  • reservoir

    (re zǝ vwär): An artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use.

  • scarce

    (skers): Lacking in quantity or number; not plentiful.

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