Water stores and flows

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Oceans (Store)
Largest store, mostly in liquid form with some ice bergs
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Cryosphere (Store)
Second largest store .All frozen water including ice and permafrost. Mostly found in solid state exept some in liquid from as ice melt and lakes
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Rivers and Lakes (Store)
Fourth largest water store. often known as blue water
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Ground water (Store)
Third largest water store. Water travels into the ground through infiltration and perculation
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Soil Moisture and vegetation (Store)
Fith largest water store. Water collects in the soil theough infiltration and vegetation water is captured through intersception
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Atmospheric Moisture (Store)
Smallest water store. water is truned into vapr through evaporation and collects in counds when condensed
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Residence Time
The average length of time a water molecule spends inside a specific resevoir (store) before moving to another part of the system
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Precipitation (name difrent types) (Flow)
Rain - Convectional, frontal or orthographic
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Surface runoff (Flow)
Water running on the upmost surface of the land in rivers lakes streams etc
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Evaporation (Flow)
when water heats up it turns from liquid form to vapor or moisture and rises
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Transpiration (Flow)
When water is collected in a plant and travels through the plant and evaporates through its stomata
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Percolation (Flow)
The deeper seeping of water into the ground collecting as ground water or in aquifers.
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Vapor transport (Process)
The transport of water vapor with the trade winds or local winds
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Cryospheric Processes (Process)
Natural changes in the earth or natural enviroment that affect the ammount of frozen water or ice in the world or area
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Fluxes (Flow)
Contnious movements or forces that help water melt or flow
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Intersception (Flow)
when plants and vegetation catch the water to store and use
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Throughflow (Flow)
the flow of water underground down a hill or towards a water store
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infiltration (Flow)
the slow seeping of water in the upper surace of the land
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What are the factors needed for precipitation to occur and what can speed it up
- Air cooled to a saturation point with reletive humidity od 100%
- Temperature below dew point - warmer it is the harder for vapor to condense and vice versa
- condensation nuceli wich as dust particles aid to the growth of droplets in clouds and speed up precipitation process
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