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14 Cards in this Set
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Precipitation |
Any form of water that falls from the atmosphere |
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Infiltration |
Water that soaks into the ground |
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Runoff |
Water that runs off the surface- a blue water flow |
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Capillary water |
Water that returns from to the atmosphere either by way of evaporation from the soil or by transporation through plants |
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Transpiration |
The green flow of water through plants |
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Evapotranspiration |
The combination of evaporation and transpiration |
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Percolation |
Water that infiltrates into the ground and trickles through the pores or cracks, rocks |
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Gravitational water |
Water that is not held in the soil and moves downward under the pull of gravity |
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Groundwater |
The accumulated water from gravitational water that has encountered an impervious layer of rock or clay |
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Water table |
Upper surface of ground water |
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Aquifer |
Layers of porous material through witch ground water moves |
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Recharge area |
The area where water enters the aquifer |
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Seep |
A natural exit from groundwater where the water flows out over a relative wide area |
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Spring |
Water exits the ground as a significant flow from a relatively small opening |
