GEOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Water Cycle, Ocean Current, Critical Role
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More compounds dissolve in water than any other substance. [like when water gets in between cracks, then freezes and expands from the inside and breaks up rocks] Transfers heat as part of ocean circulation, climate and weather. Transfer of water between oceans, atmosphere, surface water on land and groundwater. Part of weather processes, influenced by climate. Transfer by evaporation from water storage in oceans . To storage in snow packs, glaciers, and lakes. Runoff collected in a channel is a stream. Rivers are just large streams [there is no scientific term for river] Stream principles are the same regardless of size. Streams flow downslope to their base level . [left axis is elevation above sea level] [profile of fox river from a to b (it goes down)] Head - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -> mouth. The faster a stream flows, more and heavier material can be carried.
