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NATURAL RESOURCES II: WATER RESOURCES. ANNUAL MOVEMENT OF WATER ON THE GLOBE.

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1 NATURAL RESOURCES II: WATER RESOURCES

2 ANNUAL MOVEMENT OF WATER ON THE GLOBE

3 Where’s the Water? - Water on Land (Where is most of this held?)

4 GROUNDWATER

5 AQUIFERS AND AQUITARDS

6 GROUNDWATER FLOW Surface of the Water Table mimics the topography of the land surface

7 Artesian Conditions Created by the tilt of a confined aquifer

8 SPRINGS Where the land surface abruptly intersects the water table

9 CAVES and KARST Limestone dissolved by acidic groundwater near the top of the water tables

10 GROUNDWATER HAZARDS

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12 IS GROUNDWATER A RENEWABLE, NONRENEWABLE, OR UNLIMITED RESOURCE?


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