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Water Resources
Hurricanes
ENSO
Rivers
Water Pollution
100
Which hemisphere on earth is dominated by water
What is the Southern
100
Extratropical cyclones are also known as
What is Mid-latitude cyclones
100
ESNO occurs every
What is 2-7 years
100
A cutoff on a meandering stream results in the formation of
What is An Oxbow lake
100
Lead, arsenic, nitrogen
What are inorganic chemicals
200
Manmade lakes are commonly referred to as
What is Reservoirs
200
Hurricanes are also referred to as
What is Tropical Cyclones
200
Wet and unstable conditions develop in east Pacific as Pacific High weakens.
What is el nino
200
When a river reaches the coast and its forward velocity rapidly decelerates this feature is formed
What is A Delta
200
PCBs, benzene
What are organic chemicals
300
Water covers approximately what percent of Earth's surface
What is 71%
300
Hurricanes originate as
What is tropical waves
300
Dry stable conditions from subtropical Pacific High in east Pacific
What is la nina
300
Fluvial systems can be grouped into
What are drainage basins
300
Meaning oxygen deficient
What is hypoxia
400
The largest portion of fresh water today is located in
What is Ice caps and Glaciers
400
The greatest impacts of hurricanes occur on which side of a hurricane
What is the eastern (right)
400
Reversal of “average” Conditions/Walker circulation
What is el nino
400
the Total suspended and bed load that a stream can transport.
What is the stream capacity
400
The ability for light to penetrate water
What is turbidity
500
This Doctor mapped the London Cholera epidemic back to contaminated drinking wells?
Who is Dr. John Snow
500
Hurricanes must form at least 5 degrees of latitude away from the equator due to what force
What is coriolis force
500
Amplification of “average” conditions/Walker circulation
What is la nina
500
rock material transported in a river in a dissolved form
What is Solution
500
A sewage pipe pumping pollution into a stream is an example of.
What is point source pollution