5.Water Flashcards
Water day
22 march
Average salitity of the ocean
35 grams per 1000 water
Highest salinity ocean
Atlantic
Highest salinity sea
Dead sea Israel
Has salinity of 340 gram per litre
Lastest source of freeh water
Ice caps and glacier
68.9
2nd largest source of fresh water
Ground water
30
3rd lagest source of fresh water
Surface water
1.2
3rd lagest source of fresh water
Surface water
1.2
Spring tides
The Earth sun and the moon are in the same line the tides are highest
Full moon and New moond days
Neap tides
When moon is in first and last quater the water gets drawn in diagonollly
Tides
Rise and fall of sea level
By moons gravitational
What provide best fishing ground of the world
The areas where the warm and cold currents meet
Ocean current
Ocean current are ocean currents are streams of water flowing constantly on the ocean surface in definite direction
Foggy weather when
Warm and cold current meet also experience foggy weather
Why is sea salty not rivers
Seawater is salty due to the accumulation of dissolved salts, primarily from rocks on land, that are carried into the ocean by rivers over millions of years.