?Match the term with the most appropriate description.

A. ?open, sunlit surface layer away from the shore
B. ?large natural bodies of standing freshwater
C. ?deeper water lying between the limnetic zone and the lake bottom
D. ?lakes that have a small supply of plant nutrients
E. ?land area that delivers runoff to a stream, lake, or wetland


A. ?limnetic zone
B. ?lakes
C. ?profundal zone
D. ?oligotrophic
E. ?watershed

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