Content tagged with “water” under “Stuff I Looked Up”

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Aquifer
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
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Explanation
Date
July 21, 2024
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290

“This is a contiguous formation of groundwater, held within some type of geologic structure. Different underground substances hold water in different capacities. Solid rock, for example, might not have any space for water (though some rock is porous), while different types of soil are able to be…”

Continental Divide
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Stuff I Looked Up
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Explanation
Date
November 28, 2024
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302

“This is a vague term, and it’s not a single thing. You can speak of a continental divide, not the continental divide. In most contexts, it refers to a hydrological divide, which is a point where water flows to different oceans. This means that most continents will have a north-south divide and an…”

Estuary
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Stuff I Looked Up
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Explanation
Date
October 18, 2023
Words
228

“This is where a freshwater river meets the ocean. The main feature of an estuary is that the water becomes ‘brackish,’ which is a salinity halfway between freshwater and the ocean – so, ‘half salty,’ basically. An estuary can be a simply river delta, or a large ecosystem of marshes and barrier…”