Lakes ponds, streams rivers.

all water above ground

Most urban areas rely on surface water
Supply resources and allow for travel trade
What impacts whether the water becomes surface or ground?
Certain characteristics will determine whether or not water will either seep or
become runoff
Vegetation allows for loose soil allows water to enter ground/ gardeners do not pack
their soil
Rate of precipitation
Heavy- soil clumps together closing pores and fills up ground too quickly and water
becomes runoff
Light- allows water to gently slide through, causing less erosion
Soil composition effects the water holding capacity and decayed organic matter
(creates pores in the soil, increases retain ability)
Minerals- clay (few spaces) and sand (large pores)
Slopes
Steep: allows for high runoff and little absorption
Little: low runoff and high absorption
Where does the water go?
Water sheds (drainage basin and land where all water trains into
Divide (high land area that separates water sheds
Floods- Water fills over the sides of a stream branks
Freshwater ecosystemslakes and ponds
Littoral zone (nutrient-rich area near shore
Benthic Zone (bottom of a pond or lake
Eutrophication (more nutrients = more plants = more decomposers
Wetlands (marshes, swamps
Rivers marine ecoststems (oceans, estuarires, rocky and sandy shores
Coral reefs