Statistics for Types of Bodies of Water

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Definition	Term	% Correct
A major body of salty water	Ocean	93%
A body of water smaller than a lake, especially those of artificial origin	Pond	78%
A natural waterway usually formed by water derived from either precipitation or glacial meltwater, and flows from higher ground to lower ground	River	76%
A small accumulation of water on a surface, usually the ground	Puddle	72%
An artificial waterway, usually connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans	Canal	71%
A small stream	Brook	62%
A stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake	Tributary	59%
A place to store water for various uses, especially drinking water, which can be a natural or artificial	Reservoir	55%
A part of a lake or ocean that extends so that it is surrounded by land on three sides, similar to, but larger than a bay	Gulf	50%
The location where a river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, or reservoir	Delta	48%
A deep, broad trench, either dry or filled with water, surrounding and protecting a structure, installation, or town	Moat	43%
A point where groundwater flows out of the ground, and is thus where the aquifer surface meets the ground surface	Spring	43%
A narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes	Fjord	41%
A narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses	Strait	38%
A U-shaped lake formed when a wide meander from the mainstem of a river is cut off to create a lake	Oxbow	33%
A dry creek bed or gulch that temporarily fills with water after a heavy rain	Arroyo	19%
A region of land where water from rain or snowmelt drains downhill into another body of water, such as a river, lake, or dam	Basin	9%
A lake or body of water that is broad in relation to its depth	Mere	7%
A lagoon separated from the ocean by a sand bar	Barachois	5%
A shallow, sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters	Pothole	3%