BIOL150 Lecture 2: BIOL 150 - Week 2 Lecture Notes
26 Sep 2013
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Global distribution: over 71% of earth is covered by water, 97. 5% saltwater, 2. 5% freshwater, less than 1% freshwater is available for, water scarcity - privatization of water - unequal distribution of water leads to political and social. Particles on the surface are then pulled from below but not from above. 4: agriculture consumes most of the water in canada. 5: swamps - productive, trees (drier), fresh to saline, really neat, adaptations, important for wildlife. Rivers: as rivers leave mountains, they warm, shapes landscape - most erosive force on planet, ex. 1000 m drop: 1. 5 miles across, 1. 3 million litres of water fall every. 6: lake baikal - siberia - 400 miles long, 1 mile deep - approx. 30 degrees n and s of equator: america and heartland of. Eurasia high - low variation: no seasons, plants grow all year high, moderate variation, never below freezing moderate, moderate variation, hot summers, cold winters.
