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13 Cards in this Set
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Kryosphere |
The 80% of Earth's water that is frozen |
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Water in ground compared to that in rivers and lakes |
A hundred times more |
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Aquifer |
Groundwater found within permeable layers of rock and sediment |
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Water table |
Surface of groundwater |
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Spring |
Natural percolation of groundwater from an aquifer up to the surface |
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Artesian well |
A drilled hole in a confined aquifer that makes water rise up the well |
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Cone of depression |
Rapid pumping of a deep well can cause adjacent, shallower wells to go dry |
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Salt water intrusion |
Adjacent salt water infiltrates an area of rapid pumping,making water in the wells salty common in coastal areas |
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Surface water |
Source of fresh water found above ground i.e. Streams rivers ponds lakes and wetlands |
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Floodplain |
Excess water spreading into this land from rivers |
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Ogliotriphic |
Type of lake low productivity due to low nutrient amounts |
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Mesotrophic |
Type of lake moderate level of productivity |
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Eutrophic |
Type of lake high level of productivity |
