robert w. christopherson charlie thomsen chapter 9 water resources
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Robert W. ChristophersonCharlie Thomsen
Chapter 9 Water Resources
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The Hoover Dam on Colorado River
The Lake Mead is 36 m lower in 2007 compared with that in 1983
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Middle East: Jordan riverA security issue
South AsiaIndia and Bangladesh over Gangs River
India and Nepal over Mahakali River
Mekong River Basin: China, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam
USWestern US: California/Nevada over Colorado River water.
NC/SC: over water use from Catawba/Yadkin Rivers. SC Attorney General filed a lawsuit in 2007 NC in US Supreme Court to stop a NC plan to pump 10 million gallons a day by two NC cities. Both Catawba and Yadkin rivers flow into SC.
Water Resources Conflicts
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The Hydrologic Cycle
Soil-Water-Budget Concept
Groundwater Resources
Our Water Supply
Water Resources
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Hydrologic Cycle Model
Figure 9.1Round and round as it goes, the rivers never stop flowing and the oceans never overflow.
The flow of water linked the atmosphere, ocean, land, and living things through exchanges of energy and matter.
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Earth's Water and the Hydrologic Cycle
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Surface Water
Figure 9.2
EvaporationTranspirationRunoffInfiltrationPercolationWater Table
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Transpiration/Photosynthesis
Figure 9.2
CO2
H2O
Losing water is the price to pay for gaining CO2
Underside
Stomata
Transpiration is a biophysical process, plants control transpiration rate through regulating the aperture of a stoma.
(1) When there is plenty of water supply during sunny condition, stomata open wide to absorb CO2, in the meantime, losing water.
(2) During the nighttime, there is no light for PSN, plants shut their stomata to prevent water loss.
(3) When there is a shortage of water, plants shut their stomata to prevent physiological drought
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Why Is There a Water Table?
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The Bucket Model
Figure 9.3
Principle: Mass conservation
Bucket volume=Maximum amount of water soil can hold
ΔS
P
T E
ΔS
P
T E
R
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The Soil-Water Balance Equation
Figure 9.3
SRETP P: Precipitation which can in various forms such as rain, snow, hail, a complete list in Table 9.1.ET: evapotranspiration (evaporation + transpiration)R: Runoff waterΔS: change in soil water
What are the other two balance equations we learned earlier?