GGR374H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: River Source, Evapotranspiration, Autotroph
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Overview: everything connected by water, clean water is necessary, water moves down gradient to seek lowest energy/entropy state, takes stuff along with it, everything rest upon water balance. Stream order: the big circle around the streams is labeled the water shed, the two small streams that connect to the bigger one are. X riparian zone where water table is close to. Y parafluvial zone water moving zone, water. O hyporheic zone immediately beneath moves faster than riparian due to less resistance but slower than stream streambed. Recirculation of water between stream and this zone which drives geochemical reactions. Triangle + two lines symbol water table boundary zone of unsaturated and saturated soil. Saturated soil has all pores filled with water, this no air in soil. Bank full discharge zone of annual flooding, includes riparian and para fluvial zone left to right arrow longitudinal, flow downstream. Going into and out of page arrow lateral, flow side to side.
