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The Journey of Flowing Water • Hydrography
A spring is fresh water bubbling up from subterranean rocks. The cool water trickles down the valley as a rill, unites into a brook, and several brooks join to make a mighty river.
A spring is fresh water bubbling up from subterranean rocks. The cool water trickles down the valley as a rill, unites into a brook, and several brooks join to make a mighty river.
1. Spring
→
2. Rill
→
3. Brook / Creek
→
4. River
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Answering Questions: The Stages of Flowing Water
Answer each question from the classic lesson in a complete, expressive sentence.
1. What is a Spring?
Water bubbling naturally out of the ground is called a .
2. Taste & Flow:
The water of a woodland spring is , and it flows down into the .
3. What is a Rill?
A very small, trickling stream of water is called a .
4. Brooks & Creeks:
When large rills flow together, they are called .
5. Making a River:
If several brooks unite and make one large stream, that is a .
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Sequential Ordering: Arranging Streams by Size
Arrange these four waterways in order from smallest to largest by numbering them 1, 2, 3, 4:
[ ] Brook or Creek
(A lively, babbling channel)
[ ] Spring
(Bubbling origin in the ground)
[ ] River
(A wide stream emptying into sea)
[ ] Rill
(A tiny trickling streamlet)
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Narrative Writing: The Journey of a Water Drop
Write 2 or 3 imaginative sentences tracing a drop of water as it bubbles from a cool forest spring, trickles down a rill, and unites with brooks into a broad river.
Sentence 1:
Sentence 2: