The Water Table
The water table rises when this happens.
What is heavy rainfall or increased precipitation?
This storm is known for rotating winds and forming over flat land.
What is a tornado?
This is the process where liquid water turns into water vapor due to the sun’s heat.
What is evaporation?
Known as the "Queen of American Lakes," this is the largest lake entirely within the Adirondack Park and is famous for its clear waters and historic battles.
What is Lake George?
The water table is typically highest in this season.
What is spring?
This type of snowstorm forms when cold air moves over a warmer lake, picking up moisture and dumping heavy snow on the leeward side.
What is lake effect?
Water vapor turns back into liquid droplets in the atmosphere through this process, forming clouds.
What is condensation?
This river forms part of the northern border of New York and flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
The water table can drop during a drought because this process slows down or stops.
What is infiltration
This powerful storm forms over warm ocean waters.
What is a hurricane?
This stage of the water cycle returns water to Earth’s surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
This elevated region east of Lake Ontario is famous for getting buried in lake effect snow.
What is the Tug Hill Plateau?
If you dig below the water table, you’ll hit this type of zone.
What is the zone of saturation?
This type of storm forms when warm, moist air rises rapidly into cooler air, creating strong updrafts, cumulonimbus clouds, and often lightning, hail, or gusty winds.
What is a thunderstorm?
This is when water moves from the leaves of plants into the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
This massive park is home to over 3,000 lakes and is a major source of freshwater in the Northeast.
What is the Adirondack Park?
The water table is found between these two underground zones.
What are the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation?
Lake effect snow is most common near these large bodies of water.
What are the Great Lakes?
Water from precipitation that soaks into the ground and replenishes groundwater does this.
What is infiltration?
This Great Lake borders northern New York and plays a major role in producing lake effect snow in the region.
What is Lake Ontario?