GEOL107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Regolith, Slot Canyon, River Source
16 Sep 2018
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The interrelationship of the hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. The movement and interchange of water between the ocean, atmosphere, and land. Solar radiation provides the energy for evaporation of water vapor from the land and ocean. Liquid droplets then condense to form clouds, and then precipitation. Runoff from land surfaces into streams and lakes or infiltration to form groundwater. Moves slowly underground and may flow back onto the surface a long distance form where it seeped into the ground. The second largest reserve of fresh water after glacial ice. Important source of drinking water along with surface water from streams and lakes. A body of running water that is confine in a channel and moves downhill under the influence of gravity. The upper part of the stream near its source in the mountains. Place where a stream enters the sea, lake, or larger stream.
