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?)

GROUNDWATER

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?