Water in the World

Area of land where rainfall/precipitation flows to a lower elevation, such as a river, lake or ocean; also referred to as a drainage basin

• Catchment

• Evaporation

• Groundwater

• Weather

Process whereby the suspended droplets in the atmosphere fall as rain, hail, sleet or snow

• Runoff

• Renewable

• Water Cycle

• Precipitation

Weather map showing atmospheric conditions at a certain place at a certain time. Used to predict short term weather

• Climate Graph

• Evaporation

• Catchment

• Synoptic Chart

Long-term record of atmospheric conditions, such as precipitation and temperature

• Weather

• Climate

• Runoff

• Aquifer

Continuous movement of water on Earth

• Orographic rainfall

• Artesian Basin

• Precipitation

• Water Cycle

Moisture lost to the atmosphere from open water bodies

• Evaporation

• Catchment

• Orographic Rainfall

• Sustainability

Rocks and sediments that contain groundwater

• Groundwater

• Sustainability

• Weather

• Aquifer

When winds push moist air over mountains, condensation and precipitation occur on the windward side

• climate

• weather

• Orographic Rainfall

• Precipitation

When some precipitation remains in the surface and feeds into streams, rivers, wetlands and lakes

• Groundwater

• Runoff

• Synoptic Chart

• Water Cycle

Water stored beneath the Earth’s surface

• Run off

• Artesian Basin

• Aquifer

• Groundwater