The Water Cycle

Contents

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Climate, Weather, and Water

North American Weather and Climate

Sub-continental Scale Water Distribution

What About a Place Like Colorado?

Altitude and Exposure Effects on Ecosystems

Watershed Ecosystems

Water Movement Across Natural Landscape

Water Movement Across a Landscape Defined by Ownership

Important Scales of Ecosystems

Fundamental Scales in Ecosystem Structuring and Functioning

Relationship of Patches to Hillslopes

Patch Ecosystem Water Cycle

Precipitation

Interception

Run On

Infiltration & Percolation

Precipitation Rate vs. Infiltration Rate

Precipitation vs. Available Water

Available Water -- Water Stored in the Soil

Evaporation

Plant Uptake

Microorganisms and Water

Transpiration

Evapotranspiration -- Potential vs. Actual

Groundwater Uptake

Runoff

Lateral Flow

Groundwater Discharge

Effect of plants and plant debris on the water cycle

Water Cycle Quiz

Ecosystem Tutorial - Roadmap

Collaborative Ecosystem Management - Roadmap

SAM - Roadmap