Abiotic Factors Impact Ecosystems

Abiotic Factors Impact Ecosystems

How do we get the water we need on SI?

Abiotic factors of Staten Island

Abiotic Facrors of SI: Water

• Surrounded by water: salt, fresh & brackish (Estuaries)

• Where do we get fresh drinking water from?

NYC Drinking Water Supply

• A series of reservoirs exist in the foothills of Catskill Mtns & hudson Valley

• A series of huge water pipes brings the water via gravity to all of NYC

How does the Water Get to Staten Island?

• Tunnel under the Narrows

Other Abiotic Factors

• Latitude

• Altitude

• Temperature and Precipitation are 2 abiotic factors that are impacted by Latitude and Precipitation