water stores and cycles Flashcards
1
Q
what 3 states is water stored?
A
liquid, ice and vapour
2
Q
processing impacting upon liquid water storage
A
runoff and precipitation inputting water to the store and evaporation moving water from ocean into atmospheric store
3
Q
liquid water storage - changes impact
A
little impact on storage capacity but long term climatic change events e.g. ice ages do have power to lower storage capacity
4
Q
processes impacting upon ice storage
A
precipitation (snow) and outputs include ice melt
5
Q
what are major ice stores?
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