EXTRA THINGS!!

What is HEADWATER and a River Mouth?

Headwater is where the water starts from. River mouth is when a river flows into a Bigger body of water

How does deforestation and urbanization affect floods/floodplains?

Fewer trees absorb water, More roads and building makes water have a hard time absorbing

Why does groundwater move downward?

Gravity!

What is Karst Tophography?

landscape with caves, sinkholes, underground tunnels

What CAUSES karst topography?

Water slowly dissolving rocks (like limestone)

What percentage of Earth’s surface is covered by oceans?

about 71%!

What is the largest ocean?

The pacific

How much salt water in sea water?

About 3.5%

What is a deep ocean basin?

A big, deep area of the ocean

What is up-welling?

cold, nutrient rich, water rises

What is down-welling?

Surface sinks deeper into the ocean

What is a spring tide?

Highest high point or lowest low point

What is a NEAP tide?

The smallest difference between high/low tides

What is a tidal range?

Difference between high/low tides

What is a breakwater?

Structure that blocks/slows down waves

What is a sea wall?

Wall that protects land from waves

What is beach replenishment?

Adding sand back to the beach