Water Cycle #12

Water Cycle Transpiration Storage Surface Runoff Precipitation Water from plants Surface Runoff Over ground to body of water Precipitation Water falling back to earth Rain Snow Hail Respirations Release of water through breathing 97% is in ocean 2 % is in glaciers Storage Rivers Oceans/Lakes Groundwater Snow/Ice Biosphere Vaporization Liquid  Gas Condensation Gas  Liquid Sublimation Solid  Gas Freezing Liquid  Solid Deposition Gas → Solid

River System River and all its tributaries Source Mouth Tributary Start point Mouth End point Tributary Stream that runs into another stream/river Watershed Land that drains into river system Divide High land that separates watersheds Meanders Bend in a river Delta Fan-shaped deposit at mouth

Characteristics Velocity Gradient Discharge Channel Distance/Time = velocity Gradient Steepness of the slope Discharge Volume of water that passes a certain point at a certain time Channel Path through which the water flows

Drainage Patterns Dendritic Radial Rectangular Trellis Branch of a tree Radial Run in all directions from high point Rectangular Right angled turns Trellis Tributaries parallel to each other

Floodplains Back swamp Oxbow lake Yazoo stream Natural levees Swamps behind levees Yazoo stream Runs parallel to the main stream Oxbow lake Curved body of water Natural levees Thick deposits built up along the banks

Groundwater Water table Ordinary well Spring Aquifers (artesian well) Upper surface of the zone of saturation Ordinary well Human made hole to water table Spring Flow out of a hill Aquifers (artesian well) layer of permeable rock that contains water, like limestone or sandstone Hot spring Hot water from tectonic activity Geyser Hot spring that intermittently shoots water/steam into the air