ESC2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Water Vapor, Water Cycle, Transpiration
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Water - chapter 9 running water and groundwater (9. 1) Evaporation: water vapor traveling in the atmosphere from bodies of water. Condensation: the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water. Sources of groundwater are: meteoric: lakes, rivers, connate: water trapped in the pores of sedimentary rocks as they were deposited, magmatic: water derived from eruptions (released into atmosphere) A drainage basin, or area from which water drains to a body of water. A tidally influenced ecological system where a river meets the ocean and freshwater mixes with salt water. There are 10 rivers that flow north in the world, 3 being in the us. River flows north due to florida"s flat elevation (no mountains to make it flow south. A mixture of fresh and salty water. What are non-point source pollutants, sources, impacts, and best management practices (what can you do to prevent pollution?)
