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Hydrology and Hydraulics Occurrence and Movement of Water
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Why do We Care About Water? It’s 2/3 of our Bodies & covers 2/3 of our Planet Where is most of this Water? –97.2% Oceans - 320 million cubic miles of water –2.15 % Ice Caps and Glaciers – –The Antarctic Ice Sheet is 6 million sq miles and 1000 ft thick. 7 million cubic miles of Frozen Water. That more water than all the rivers in the world flowing for 750 years –1% Freshwater – Streams, Rivers, Lakes and Groundwater –Less than 0.1% is accessible to humans
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Water Vs No Water
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Why is water Important to US?
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Navigation
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Water POWER
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Hydropower
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Water Supply
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Dangers of Living Near Water?
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A Flood is?
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Urban Flooding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUpkPTcqPY
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What Causes Floods?
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Hurricane IKE
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Wind
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Wind – Storm Surge
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IKE Gilchrist TX
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ICE JAMS
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Volcanos
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Tsumanis- Earthquake & Volcanoes 10 Deadliest Indian Ocean Tsunamis Date SourceDeaths 26 Dec 2004 Sumatra225000 27 Aug 1883 Java/Sumatra36500 26 Jun 1941 Andaman Sea5000 3 Sep 1861 Sumatra1700 16 Jun 1819 Arabian Sea1543 28 Nov 1945 Arabian Sea1000+ 16 Feb 1861 Sumatra905 2 Apr 1762 Bay of Bengal500 19 Aug 1977 Sunda Islands500 4 Jan 1907 Sumatra400
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How Can You Lessen Floods?
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Levee or Dam? DAM Levee – Along River Dam – Across River
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Structural Failure - Dams
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Developed Conditions Levee Natural Water Level
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Structure Failure - Levees
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We Protect People from Water And Water from People
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Water Supply Images Water from Tap Irrigation
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Structure Failure - Levees
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