EARTH123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stoma, Endorheic Basin, Transpiration
4 Oct 2016
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Physical hydrology the study of occurrence, movement, and physical properties of water on and below the earth surface with the exception of oceans (oceanography) Flow of water on land: atmospheric water, groundwater, soil water, surface water. Water balance central equation in hydrology. Climate/global hydrology contemporary issues related to the hydrology of large areas or the earth as a whole. Atmospheric water water vapour or liquid, solid. Surface water ponds, lakes, streams or rivers. Groundwater saturated zone below the water table which pores, sediment, or rock are saturated wih soil. Unsaturated zone soil water containing both water and air. 69% in polar ice, 30% groundwater, 1% in surface, soil, atmospheric water. Groundwater resides in former sea deposits/contact with seawater = brackish (mix of fresh and saline. Hydrological cycle water of the ocean is heated by the sun, evaporates, and is carried over the earth in atmospheric circulation as water vapour.
