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The water cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
1
Temperature at which relative humidity reaches 100%
Dew Point
2
Cold and warm air masses collide
Frontal rainfall
3
Moist air is pushed over a landform
Orographic rainfall
4
The dry leeward side of the landform
Rainshadow rainfall
5
Rapidly rising hot air, cools = rain
Conventional rainfall
6
Upward flows of air from the surface in a Convectional rainstorm
Thermals
7
A large section of air
Air mass
8
The leading edge of an air mass
Front
9
Most violent storm on earth for its size. Winds up to 300mph
Tornado
10
Measures tornado intensity on a scale of 1 to 5
Fujita scale
11
Tornados over water
Water spout
12
Issued by the National Weather Service when atmospheric conditions exist where tornados could form
Tornado watch
13
Issued by the National Weather Service when a tornado has been sighted
Tornado warning
14
The center of a hurricane
Eye
15
Sea water pushed inland by hurricane
Storm surge
16
The largest compartment of liquid fresh water. (Within 1km/.62 miles, has 100 times the volume of all fresh water in rivers, lakes, reservoirs combined
Groundwater
17
Area where rocks and soil are fill with water
Zone of saturation
18
The top edge of the zone of saturation
Water table
19
Water bearing rocks
Aquifers
20
Area that adds water to aquifers
Recharge zone
21
An aquifer that is trapped between layers of non aquifers, pressure builds and forces water upward
Artesian Well
22
The height water is pushed up in an artesian well
Pieziometric level
23
Worlds largest lake, 5,000ft deep. In Siberia
Lake Baykal
24
Stabilizes soil and holds back surface runoff
Wetlands
25
Due to Russian diversion of rivers, this water body has lost 60% of its volume
Aral Sea
26
The 3 Too's of water
Too little, too much, too dirty
27
Fresh water is taken and replaced by ocean's salt water
Salt water intrusion
28
Water table dips down around a heavily pumped well
Cone of depression
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