11.17: Putting It Together
SUMMARY
The hydrologic cycle is anything but a simple straight forward loop. As you saw in the lesson, it is a very complex and ever changing dynamic. In this section you learned:
- What the hydrologic cycle is and the various steps within the cycle
- How important the hydrologic cycle is to life on earth
- About streams and stream loads
- What an aquifer is and the various types of aquifers
- Why permeability and porosity are an important component of aquifers
- The issues associated with groundwater withdrawal
- The various types of features groundwater can produce
Contributors and Attributions
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Original content from Kimberly Schulte (Columbia Basin College) and supplemented by Lumen Learning . The content on this page is copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.