Water Cycle

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  • Created on: 07-09-17 16:43
What percentage of global water is in the ocean?
97%
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What is the residence time for water in the ocean?
3600 years
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What percentage of global water is in the cyrosphere?
1.9%
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What is the residence time for water in the cyrosphere?
15,000 years
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What percentage of global water is in groundwater?
1.1%
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What is the residence time for water in groundwater?
100-10,000 years depending on depth
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What percentage of global water is in soil moisture?
0.01%
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What is the residence time for water in soil moisture?
2-50 weeks
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What percentage of global water is in Atmospheric water?
0.001%
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What is the residence time for water in Atmospheric water?
10 days
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What percentage of global water is in rivers and lakes?
0.01%
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What is the residence time for water in rivers and lakes?
2 weeks - 10 years
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How much water in the world is saltwater? (%)
98%
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How much water in the world is freshwater? (%)
2%
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Of the fresh water percentage, how much is in the ice?
87%
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Of the fresh water percentage, how much is in the surface water?
1% (suffering pollution)
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Of the fresh water percentage, how much is in the groundwater?
12%
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What percentage of all freshwater is accessible to humans?
less than 1%
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What percentage of all freshwater is available to drink?
0.007%
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What has the population done since 20th Century?
Tripled
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What is a drainage basin?
an area of land drained by a river system (NOT A CLOSED SYSTEM)
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Watershed definition
the higher land that separates one water system from another
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What is a stakeholder?
Someone who is interested in a topic
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What is a flux?
where water is moving (flows)
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What are stores?
places where water gathers and stays for a while
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What is evapotranspiration?
Evaporation and Transpiration combined
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What are the three types of rainfall?
Convectional, Frontal and Relief
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