Water Resources and Water Use

It contributes 91, 000 km3 (about 0.007% of total Earth's water)

• fresh water lakes

• saline water lakes

• rivers

• streams

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What is the driving force of the water cycle?

• evaporation from the ocean

• precipitation from rainfall

• runoff from mountains

• heat from the sun

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The world's largest known aquifer

• Ogallala Aquifer

• Pecos Valley Aquifer

• Gulf Coast Aquifer

• Edwards-Trinity Aquifer

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The lack of sufficient water to meet the needs of the people in a country or region

• Hydrological Poverty

• Water Poverty

• Hydro-Need

• Hydrological Wealth

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Freshwater from precipitation that flows across the earth's land surface and into rivers , lakes , wetlands, and ultimately to the oceans

• Surface Water

• Freshwater Runoff

• Saltwater Runoff

• Ground Water

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Removing dissolved salts from ocean water or from brackish water in aquifers for domestic use. It is another way to increase supplies of freshwater

• Saltwater Transformation

• Salt Removal Process (SRP)

• De-Saltation

• Desalination

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prolonged period in which precipitation is at least 70% lower and evaporation is higher than normal in an area that is normally not dry

• Monsoon Season

• Drought

• Dry Spell

• Heat Wave

Structure built across a river to control the river's flow

• Dam

• Bridge

• Draw-Bridge

• Reservoir

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After a river is dammed, the river's flow creates an artificial lake behind the dam.

• Reservoir

• Fake-Lake

• Pond

• Super River

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Precipitation that infiltrates the ground and percolates downward through spaces in soil, gravel, and rock until an impenetrable layer of rock stops it

• Tap Water

• Ground Water

• Water Table

• Well Water