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Topic 8:Water and Climate
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The Water Cycle
• Climate – the conditions of the atmosphere over long periods of time
• Water cycle – the movement and phase changes at and near Earth’s surface Fueled by insolation and gravity Also known as the hydrologic cycle.
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The Water Cycle
• 97% of Earth’s water is held in oceans
• About 80% of Earth’s fresh water is in glaciers
• Graph of pg 160 in book
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The Water Cycle
• Four places that precipitation goes if it lands on land: Water retention: water is held on land as
ice or snow or on leaves of trees and plants
Infiltration: soaks into ground Runoff: flows over Earth’s surface Evapotranspiration: water evaporates,
sublimates or transpirates back into atmosphere Most precipitation returns to
atmosphere
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Condensation and sublimation(cloud formation)
Precipitation
SublimationTranspiration
Runoff
Zone of aeration
Water table
Zone of saturation
Bedrock = impermeable
Evaporation
Infiltration
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Factors Affecting Infiltration
• 7 Factors affecting infiltration: Slope of the land Degree of saturation Porosity Permeability Capillarity Vegetation Land use
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Slope
• What effect does slope of the land have on infiltration Steeper slope = less infiltration
slope
Infilt
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Degree of Saturation
• What effect does degree of saturation have on infiltration?
The more saturated the ground = less infiltration
saturation
Infilt
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Vocabulary• Zone of aeration – pores of soil
partly filled with air and partly filled with water (capillary water)
• Zone of saturation – pores of soil are filled with water
• Water table – interface between zone of aeration and zone of saturation
• Groundwater – subsurface water below the water table
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Porosity
• Porosity – percent of open pore space in a material compared to its total volume
• What effect does porosity have on infiltration? The greater the porosity the greater
the infiltration
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Porosity
• Effect of the particle characteristics on porosity: Shape: round particles = high
porosity angular particles = low
porosity Packing: loose = high porosity
packed = low porosity Sorting: sorted = high porosity unsorted = low porosity Size: DOES NOT AFFECT POROSITY
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Permeability
• Permeability – how easily water passes through a material Permeability rate – how fast water
passes through a material
• Two factors that affect permeability How well connected pores are Size of pores
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Permeability
• What effect does permeability have on infiltration? The more permeable the ground is
the more water will infiltrate The more permeable the faster water
will infiltrate (less time)
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Capillarity
• Capillarity – the “stickiness” of water to ground particles
• Why is capillary action important? It brings water to the roots of plants
• What is the effect of particle size on capillarity? Smaller particles = greater capillarity
= more capillary water
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Vegitation
• What is the effect of vegetation on infiltration? More vegetation = more infiltration
less runoff Less vegetation = less infiltration
more runoff
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Land Use
• What is the effect of land use on infiltration? Urbanization decreases infiltration
More paved surfaces (roads, parking lots, buildings)
More runoff
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Runoff
• What are the situations that can lead to runoff? Rate of precipitation is greater than
rate of infiltration (permeability rate) Pore space if saturated Slope is too steep to allow infiltration Water on surface has not evaporated
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Stream Discharge
• Stream discharge – the amount of water flowing past a spot in a certain amount of time m3/s or L/s
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Flooding
• Flooding is the result of: When a stream overflows its channel When precipitation is greater than
infiltration A hurricane storm surge Rising sea Sinking land
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Climate
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Climate
• Climate – the conditions of the atmosphere over long periods of time
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Temperature and Moisture
• Two important factors concerning temperature and climate: Average temperature throughout the
year Range of monthly average
temperatures
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Evapotranspiration
• Potential evapotranspiration – amount of water that would evapotranspirate if water was available Determined by temperature
(available energy)
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Arid Climates
• An arid (dry)climate occurs when total precipitation is less than potential evapotranspiration Atmosphere can evaporate more
water than is falling
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Humid Climates
• A humid (moist) climate occurs when precipitation is more than potential evapotransipiration Atmosphere is trying to evaporate
less than is falling
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Factors affecting Climate
• 8 Factors affecting climate Latitude Planetary wind and pressure belts Oceans and large bodies of water Mountains Elevation Cloud cover Vegetation
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Latitude
• How are latitude and temperature related? Higher latitude = lower temperatures
(yearly)
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Latitude and Moisture
• What causes moisture conditions to vary with latitude? Planetary wind and pressure belts
Lows = humid climates Highs = deserts, arid climates
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Latitude and Moisture
• At what latitudes are there moist conditions? Why? 0o, 30 – 60o (mid latitudes) Low pressure – rising air cools =
precipitation
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Latitude and Moisture
• At what latitudes are there arid conditions? Why? Poles, 30oN, 30oS High pressure – sinking air
warms(compression) = lower RH