NATURAL RESOURCES II: WATER RESOURCES
ANNUAL MOVEMENT OF WATER ON THE GLOBE
Where’s the Water?
- Water on Land (Where is most of this held?)
AQUIFERS AND AQUITARDS
GROUNDWATER FLOW
Surface of the Water Table mimics the topography of the land surface
Artesian Conditions
Created by the tilt of a confined aquifer
SPRINGS
Where the land surface abruptly intersects the water table
CAVES and KARST
Limestone dissolved by acidic groundwater near the top of the water tables
GROUNDWATER HAZARDS
IS GROUNDWATER A RENEWABLE, NONRENEWABLE, OR UNLIMITED RESOURCE?