Water, Water Everywhere..

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Water, Water Everywhere..
But Where?
A virtual tour of our earths water supply
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Where is the Earths Water?
Check it out on the Web!
Where is Earths Water Located?
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What are the differences in these bodies of water?
Find out on the Web
Maps and Globes
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Sound
Lake
Stream
River
Ocean
Water
Gulf
Bay
Estuary
Strait
Lagoon
Swamp
Pond
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Lets Identify some of those water forms...
Alexandria Bay, New York
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Ocean The entire body of salt water that covers
about 3/4 of the earths surface.
Southern California Coastline
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Lake A large inland body of fresh or salt water.
Lake Pontchartrain, Lousiana
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River A large natural stream of water, emptying
into an ocean, lake or other body of water.
Amazon River, Brazil
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Pond A still body of water, smaller than a lake.
Caprock Canyons, Texas
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Stream A body of running water, moving in a
channel or bed.
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Estuary Where the sea meets the mouth of a river.
Betsiboka Estuary, Madagascar
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Sound A large, wide ocean inlet.
Nimrod Sound, China
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Striat A narrow passage of water joining two
larger bodies of water.
Strait of Dover
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Bay A body of water partly enclosed by land, but
having a wide outlet to the sea.
Alexandria Bay, New York
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Lagoon A body of brackish water separated by the
sea by sandbars or coral reefs.
Cape San Blas, Florida
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Swamp A lowland region, saturated with water.
Dismal Swamp, Virginia
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Gulf A large area of a sea or ocean partially
enclosed by land.
Gulf of Mexico
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Lets locate some of these bodies of water on a
map.
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