Water Flashcards
Percent of Land and water.
Land 25 percent
Water 75 percent
percent of salt water and fresh water
Salt water 97.5
fresh water 2.5 percent
How many water sources are there?
2
1.surface water
2.fresh water
Water that collects on the surface of earth. It mostly comes from rainfall (precipitation).
Surface water
Water that has less than 0.1% salinity,
Fresh water
Fresh water mostly found in? (5)
rivers, lakes, marches, swamps and canals.
Large body of fresh water that flows downhill due to gravity
River
Where water begin to flow
Headwater
The other ends of a rivers
Mouth
Large body of a water where rivers flow into all year round
Lake
_ Are surrounded by land but some, – are connected to rear
Lake
Area of land where water covers the ground for a long period of time
Marsh
Carries on drains water to ate sources, can be a natural or man-made watercourse
Canal
Water that has entered the ground to fill the pores spaces in soil.
subsurface
Why subsurface water look clear?
it substances are filtered by different layers.