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- weather maps
- maps providing overall picture of weather activity across Earth collected from weather stationsSHOW AIR MASSES OF DIFFERENT DENSITIES /TEMPORARY CAN CHANGE WITHIN A FEW HOURS.
- Mississippi River Basin
- The Mississippi River drainage basin is the world's second largest, it drains into all or parts of 31 states and two Canadian provinces. The drainage basin empties into the Gulf of Mexico.LARFE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN US GETS RUN OFF WATER FROM ROCKY MTS. AND APPALACIAN MTS.
- divide
- divide is the line separating neighbouring drainage basins (catchments). In hilly country, the divide lies along topographical peaks and ridges, but in flat country (especially where the ground is marshy) the divide may be invisible - just a more or less notional line on the ground on either side of which falling raindrops will start a journey to different rivers, and even to different sides of a region or continent.A HILLTOP,WHICH BECAUSE OF ELEVATION AND SLOPE DETERMINES WHICH DIRECTION WATER WILL GO AND HEAD TO OCEAN.
- topographic maps
- a map showing the surface features of an area. SHOWS CONTOUR OF A LAND. CHANGES VERY SLOWLY
- groundwater
- groundwater is found underground that is purified by the soil. SOAKS INTO THE GROUND BEGINS A LONG JOURNEY THROUGH STONE AND SOIL/CAN BCOME WELL WATER.
- Continental Divide
- he Continental Divide in the Americas is the line that divides the flow of water between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean/FAMOUS DIVIDE IN THE ROCKIES WHERE RAIN GOES TO EAST COAST (MISSISSIPPI RIVER) OR WEST COAST (PACIFIC COAST)
- water cycle
- the movement of water from place to place and from one form to another.CYCLE WHICH WATER TAKES IN NATURES PURIFICATION SYSTEM.
- contour lines
- lines that show elevation, relief and slope on a topographic map LINES ON A TOPOGRAPHIC MAP./ARE CLOSED/DONT CROSS/ EVERY POINT ON THE SAME LINE HAS THE SAME ELEVATION/CLOSER CONTOUR LINES INDICATE A STEEPER SLOPE
- Bronx River
- he Bronx River, approximately 24 miles (38 km) long, flows through southeast New York in the United States.IF WATER TRAVELS EAST FROM THE CAMPUS DIVIDE IT WILL TRAVEL TO THE LI SOUND VIA THE BRONX RIVER
- watershed
- ALL THE LAND AROUND A RESERVOIR OR RIVER THAT WATER IS COMING INTO/PREVENTS FLOODING,PROTECTS WATER SOURCE.
- renewable resource
- a resource that can be replaced or used over and over again (ex. soil, water, plants, animals) WATER RETURNS TO LAKES , RIVERS, STREAMS, AND OCEANS VIA THE WATER CYCLE/WATER IS CLEANED BY NATURE.
- run off water
- Surface runoff is a term used to describe when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources flows over the land. This is a major component of the water cycle.STAYS ON LAND AND TRICKLES DOWN LAKES,RIVERS,AND STREAMS/CAN BECOME TOWN WATER.
- river basin
- a river basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. The drainage basin includes both the streams and rivers that convey the water as well as the land surfaces from which water drains into those channels, and is separated from other basins by a divide.SINK,A DEPRESSION,IF IT RAINS WATER GOES TO THE LOWEST POINT.
- Hudson River
- River that runs north to south in New York state. EAST OF THE CAMPUS DIVIDE IT WILL TRAVEL TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN VIA THE HUDSON RIVER.
- contour interval
- the amount/height between two contour lines THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CONTOUR LINES.