1. COMENIUS Project
Water Glossary

2. Acid Water
Water
containing an
amount of
acidic
substances
below pH 7.0
Affected monument of acid water

3. Soft Water
Any water containing
low concentrations of
dissolved minerals
such as calcium and
magnesium.

4. Melt water
Water
produced by
melting snow
or ice

5. Fresh water
Water does not contain significant levels of
dissolved minerals or salt

6. Bottled water
Water that is bottled and sold in individual
packages.

7. Drinking water
Water that is safe for drinking and cooking.

8. Sewage
Water containing human waste, animal or food.

9. Tributary
Stream or river which flows or secondary flows
into other major.

10. Water cycle
The process, driven by solar evaporation,
condensation and precipitation that moves water
from the oceans and the Earth to the
atmosphere and then return it.

11. Condesation
The process whereby a liquid is converted into
steam.

12. Rainfall
Measurement of rainfall in a locality or region
over a given time.

13. Brackish water slightly salty
The brackish water in the Earth's surface often
occurs inestuaries and lagoons where they
meet the freshwater and saltwater.

14. Acid rain
Rain that has an extremely low pH, due to
contact with atmosphericpollutants such as
sulfur oxides.

15. Waterproof
Not easily penetrable by water.

16. Waterland
Land moist.

17. Hydrophilic
Having an affinity for water

18. Pollution
Any alteration of physical, chemical or
biological water that causes damage to living
beings.

19. Chlorination
Action to chlorinate drinking water to make or
improve hygienic conditions.

20. Flood
Increased flow of rivers and streams.

21. Run-off
Water that
slides over
the ground
to reach the
stream
channels
and rivers.

22. Frost
Layer of cristalliced ice
formed when the
water vapor contained
in the air settles on the
soil or other outdoor
surfaces that are
colder
than 0 degrees
centigrade (0ºC).

23. Hydrolysis
The decomposition of organic compounds by
the interaction of water.

24. Hydrophobic
Something that repels water.

25. Dew Point:
Vapor condensed by the coldness of the night
in very small drops and after that they appear
on the surface of the soil or on the plant.

26. Cloud:
Agglomeration of droplets of liquid water
suspended in the air.

27. Dike:
Wall or building to
contain the water.

28. Source
Spring
water
gushing
from the
earth.

29. Hail
Frozen water violently descending from the
clouds, grains of ice more or less hard and thick.

30. Hidrosphere
Set of liquid arts of
the globe. It consists
of atmospheric water
vapor and the water of
seas, rivers, lakes,
continental ice and
groundwater in solid
or liquid

31. Showers:
A precipitation that begins and ends suddenly.

32. Course:
Route of water from rivers or streams that
moves through a channel.

33. Rain Gauge:
An instrument that
measures the amount
of rain that falls in a
given place and time.

34. Drizzle:
Rain consisting of small drops which falls
lightly and uniformly.

35. Evaporation
A process by which water is converted from a
liquid to vapor