Where is Fresh Water Found?

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Fresh Water

Fresh WaterFresh Water is relatively free

of Minerals and SaltsFresh water is found in place

such as:AtmosphereStreamsLakes & RiversGround water (most)Glaciers (most)

Atmosphere

Water is in the form of Water Vapor

Gets there by evaporation Mostly the ocean

Length of time = few hours or few days

Streams & RiversCarry less water than

in the atmosphereWater shapes the land

because of volumeStream = any channel of

flowing waterRunoff = any water that

flows in StreamsSmaller steams = Tributaries

Ponds & Lakes

A depression in the landPonds are smaller and

shallower than lakesBoth drain into streams

Ground water

¼ of all the water in the world

Water table top of a saturated zone = spongy ground that holds water.Aquifer = Rock layer

that is permeable to water

sandstone aquifer

Glaciers & IcebergsGlaciers formed when

there is more snow fall than melts each year.

The snow builds up & presses the layers.

Flow down hill when big & heavy enough

Iceberg is a broken part of Glacier