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Beach – Area of loose particles at the edge of the sea or other body of water; Beach cusps – Shoreline formations made up of various grades of sediment in an arc pattern; Beach ridge – Wave-swept or wave-deposited ridge running parallel to a shoreline; Bench – Long, relatively narrow land bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below
The Aubach, a watercourse in Germany A fjord in Norway.. A body of water or waterbody [1] is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles.
The study of water flow in aquifers and the characterization of aquifers is called hydrogeology. Related terms include aquitard , which is a bed of low permeability along an aquifer, and aquiclude (or aquifuge ), which is a solid, impermeable area underlying or overlying an aquifer, the pressure of which could lead to the formation of a ...
This category is for articles describing the forms that water naturally takes, ranging from the molecular scale to the macroscopic. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Also sometimes called Mammatus, consisting of bubble-like protrusions on the underside caused by localized downdrafts. Arcus (including roll and shelf clouds) Low, horizontal cloud formation associated with the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow. Tuba Column hanging from the cloud base which can develop into a funnel cloud or tornado. [13]
This conical hill in Salar de Arizaro, Salta, Argentina called Cono de Arita constitutes a landform. A landform is a natural or anthropogenic [1] [2] land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography.
Despite the overwhelming abundance of ponds, almost all of Earth's lake water is found in fewer than 100 large lakes; this is because lake volume scales superlinearly with lake area. [21] Extraterrestrial lakes exist on the moon Titan, which orbits the planet Saturn. [22] The shape of lakes on Titan is very similar to those on Earth.
A stream refers to water that flows in a natural channel, a geographic feature that can contain flowing water. [2] A stream may also be referred to as a watercourse. [2] The study of the movement of water as it occurs on Earth is called hydrology, and their effect on the landscape is covered by geomorphology. [2]