ATOC 184 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Jet Stream, Longshore Drift, Groyne
9 Jul 2018
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In a wet climate the weathering of rocks through several layers over thousands of years can weather away everything except the most basic minerals. Athabasca river eventually drains into the arctic ocean. Due to runoff from plains snowpack melting, mountain snowpack (due to rising summer temperatures), and rainfall. In droughts there is very little/no snowfall and more snow melt due to heat = no snowpack to replenish rivers that are evaporating rapidly. Hydroelectric in california also suffers during drought because of low water flow. Growing food: potatoes, 990 kg water per 1kg produced, rice, 3700 kg water per 1 kg, eggs, kg water per 1 kg. Agricultural consumes the most amount of californias water. Average domestic water use per person per day. Montreal 1156 kg: (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e al(cid:373)ost dou(cid:271)le the usage (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:1005). We do(cid:374)(cid:859)t pay for ho(cid:449) (cid:373)u(cid:272)h (cid:449)e use (cid:1006). We have a river that basically never dries.
