Monday, October 09, 2006

The Hydrological Cycle

The first lesson on the hydrosphere aims to teach you the inputs, outputs, stores and flows of the hydrological cycle. Put simply this is about how water gets into, leaves, is kept and moves around the ground.

This link shows you the key definitions of the hydrological cycle and has an excellent diagram showing you the various parts of the hydrological cycle.
http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/schools/blythebridge/gcseriversrevisionhc.htm

These links have animations (which I haven't yet figured out how to save to my computer so I can show you in class) that shows how water moves through the hydrological cycle.
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/smry.rxml
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/earth/hydrocycle/hydro1.html

Finally for those of you who want to be able to talk like a 67 year old professor, here is the wikipedia link!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cycle

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