GEOG 1200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Soil Structure, Afforestation, Land Rehabilitation
22 Feb 2014
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Chapter 6: the hydrological cycle and links with the earth"s life support system. The hydraulic cycle is a great flow system characterized by exchanges of water among the five major reservoirs. It is the means of supplying water to the land masses and exchanging the salt water of the oceans for freshwater. What allows for the cycle to flow is the movement of the cycle is a result of surface heat driven by earth"s absorption of solar radiation. The major links to the earth"s life support system are, water reservoir (oceans, icecaps, glacier), ground water (aquifer) and surface water (wetlands, lakes and ponds: the supply or distribution of water on earth. 0. 003% freshwater sources (groundwater, lakes, ponds: terms such as groundwater mining versus safe aquifer yield, aquifer (unconfined and confined), porosity, permeability, inflows (recharge) and outflows (discharge), salt water intrusion.
