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a characteristic property of a substance
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| The water at the ocean surface is moved primarily by winds that blow in certain patterns because of the Earth's spin and the Coriolis Effect. |
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| a rising of seawater, magma, or other liquid. |
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coriolis effect
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| the apparent deflection of moving objects when the motion is described relative to a rotating reference frame. |
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Deep ocean current
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| are driven by density and temperature gradients. |
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| the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration. |
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| water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock. |
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| is water on the surface of the planet such as in a stream, river, lake, wetland, or ocean. |
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Groundwater Labeling
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| the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells. |
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| a shaft sunk into the ground to obtain water, oil, or gas |
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Aquifer depeletion
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| a term often defined as long-term water-level declines caused by sustained groundwater pumping, is a key issue associated with groundwater use. |
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Salt and water intrusion
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| is the mixing of saltwater with freshwater. It can occur in either surface- water or groundwater bodies. |
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| the process of removingecologically damaging, dated, dangerous, or ecologically damaging dams from river systems. |
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| Agricultural affect on fresh water[image] |
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| fresh water is threatened by a myriad of forces including overdevelopment, polluted runoff and global warming. businesses and others to decrease pollution, increase water efficiency and protect natural areas to ensure enough clean water exists to conserve wildlife and provide a healthy future for all. |
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Recreational affect on freshwater
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| recreation activities can have both direct and indirect effects on aquatic ecosystems. While recreational activities that take place in lakes, streams, wetlands and their riparian areas are most likely to negatively impact the aquatic environment, land-based activities ... |
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Non-point source pollution
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| Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution, unlikepollution from industrial and sewage treatment plants, comes from many diffuse sources. |
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Point source pollution
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| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) defines point source pollution as “any single identifiable source of pollution from which pollutants are discharged, such as a pipe, ditch, ship or factory smokestack” (Hill, 1997). Factories and sewage treatment plants are two common types of point sources. |
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Primary waste water treatment
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| The conventional sequence goes from primary, secondary, to tertiary treatment. Primary treatment involves basic processes to remove suspended solid waste and reduce its biochemical oxygen demand |
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Secondary waste water treatment
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| Secondary treatment is a treatment process for wastewater (or sewage) to achieve a certain degree of effluent quality by using a sewage treatment plant with physical phase separation to remove settleable solids and a biological process to remove dissolved and suspended organic compounds. |
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Tertiary waste water treatment
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| Tertiary treatment is the advanced treatment process, following secondary treatment of waste water, that produces high—quality water. |
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| thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process. |
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