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14 Water Distribution On Earth
14 Water Distribution On Earth
our planet?
The big blue sphere
represents the volume of all
water on, in, and above the
Earth.
The smaller sphere over
Kentucky represents Earth's
liquid fresh water in
groundwater, swamp water,
rivers, and lakes.
Water Distribution
Water is a finite source.
The Earth is a closed system.
The water that was here billions of
years ago is still here now.
The Earth cleans and replenishes
the water supply through the
hydrologic cycle.
Not that much actually…
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
VOLUME DISTRIBUTION
OF WATER
Water Source Water volume Water volume Percent of Percent of
in cubic miles in cubic Freshwater Total Water
SURFACE WATER
-Water that is on the surface of the Earth
GROUNDWATER
-as water that is found beneath the surface of the
THE STATE OF WATER
The Natural Organisms’ Water
Water Adaptation Pollution
Physical and Alteration of
Chemical Salty water
attributes features
Biological Hazardous
Fresh
attributes for users
WATER QUALITY