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Bodies of water
- Swimming poolThe Great Bath at Mohenjo-Daro in modern-day Pakistan stands as the earliest known swimming pool, dug during the 3rd millennium BC.
- EstuaryThe word estuary comes from the Latin term aestuarium, meaning tidal inlet of the sea. This root derives from aestus, which translates to tide.
- Spring (hydrology)On an average day, nearly 10 million gallons of water flow from Big Spring in Missouri. This massive volume emerges because gravity pulls the groundwater…
- WetlandA wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only…
- BayThe United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines a bay as a well-marked indentation in the coastline. This legal definition requires that the…
- LakeThe word lake comes from Middle English, tracing back to Old English and Proto-Germanic roots meaning pond or slow moving stream.
- FloodWater overflows its usual boundaries to submerge land that remains dry under normal conditions. This overflow can involve water or rarely other fluids moving…
- SeaThe Mediterranean Sea holds a salinity of 38 parts per thousand, while the northern Red Sea reaches 41 parts per thousand.
- OceanOceán began as a high school project in August 1985, but their transformation from a standard rock group into a synth-pop sensation was driven by a single…
- RiverA river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation.