GEOG 2050 Chapter : Geography Chapter 16
Document Summary
Entering grand canyon: supplies electricity and water to california and phoenix. Colorado river delta is in mexico: 2 million acres^2 wetland. Lake lanier, ga: wet and dry land, problems occurring with how to restrict the water usage. 1) changes in state (from liquid to solid, liquid to gas, water condenses to form ice, etc. : sublimation- solid to gas without going through the liquid stage, (near the poles, we have an energy deficit) 2) movement: vertical- lifting (by wind), precipitation (rain and snow, horizontal- runoff (water may drain downhill, or into the ground), advection (transport of water vapor from place to place) Surface water (u. s. : each person uses roughly 1200 gallons per year. Aquifer- course (has small holes in it) material that can store groundwater: aquifer collapse- weight of overlying material collapses over aquifer. Aquiclude- body of impermeable water material (lack pores and cannot contain water) Zone saturated (pore spaces in the ground fill with water)
