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This science ClipArt gallery offers 81 images of the science of hydrology, which is the study of water movement, distribution, and quality throughout Earth. This gallery contains images involving hydrology, including water movement and creation of atolls and barrier reefs, and water tables.

Section of the American Falls, Niagara. In front of the falls lie the larger blocks of Lockport dolomite, broken from the edge of the falls.

American Falls, Niagara

Section of the American Falls, Niagara. In front of the falls lie the larger blocks of Lockport dolomite,…

Diagrammatic section showing artesian conditions in Sulphur Spring Valley.

Artesian Conditions in Sulphur Spring Valley

Diagrammatic section showing artesian conditions in Sulphur Spring Valley.

"Profile of the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and adjoining land in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, showing the continental shelf." -Gilbert, 1910

Atlantic Shelf

"Profile of the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and adjoining land in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, showing…

"Atoll, a coral reef surrounding a pool of shallow water, usually called a lagoon. The atoll is formed by the building of a coral reef on a circular or nearly circular foundation. It is usually broken in one or more places so that the lagoon is connected with the surrounding waters." -Foster, 1921

Atoll

"Atoll, a coral reef surrounding a pool of shallow water, usually called a lagoon. The atoll is formed…

"Atolls. A coral island commonly consists of a narrow rim of reef, surrounding a lagoon." -Dana, 1880

Coral Island of Atoll

"Atolls. A coral island commonly consists of a narrow rim of reef, surrounding a lagoon." -Dana, 1880

"represents a section of an island, from the ocean (o) to the lagoon (l). On the ocean side, from o to a, there is shallow water for some distance out; and where not too deep, the bottom is covered here and there with growing corals. Between a and b there is a platform of coral rock, mostly bare at low tide, but covered at high ... b to d is the wooded portion of the island. The whole width (is) from the beach (b) to the lagoon (c)." -Dana, 1880

Section of Coral Island of an Atoll

"represents a section of an island, from the ocean (o) to the lagoon (l). On the ocean side, from o…

"Where the sea bottom has a very gentle slope, the waves break at some distance from the shore and the sand they carry is deposited, forming a barrier beach (B) along the line of greatest disturbance. The strip of water inclosed between the land and the barrier beach is called a lagoon (L)." -Dryer, 1901

Barrier Beach

"Where the sea bottom has a very gentle slope, the waves break at some distance from the shore and the…

Section of a barrier reef.

Barrier Section

Section of a barrier reef.

An image of a bay.

Bay

An image of a bay.

A Bay-bar, with narrow inlet which leaves the water of the bay salty. South Shore of Marthas Vineyard.

Bay-bar

A Bay-bar, with narrow inlet which leaves the water of the bay salty. South Shore of Marthas Vineyard.

A Bay-bar completely cutting off a bay and converting it into a closed shore-pond. South Shore of Marthas Vineyard

Bay-bar

A Bay-bar completely cutting off a bay and converting it into a closed shore-pond. South Shore of Marthas…

The cross-section of a beach.

Beach

The cross-section of a beach.

An illustration looking seaward from a country road near Mobile, Alabama.

Beach

An illustration looking seaward from a country road near Mobile, Alabama.

An illustration of the South Carolina coast near Fort Sumter.

Beach

An illustration of the South Carolina coast near Fort Sumter.

A running brook.

Brook

A running brook.

A coastal plain after elevation and renewed dissection. Two cuestas and two lowlands are now produced from the hard and weak strata, respectively.

Coastal Plain After Elevation

A coastal plain after elevation and renewed dissection. Two cuestas and two lowlands are now produced…

A coastal plain after peneplanation. The strata are now beveled across by the peneplain, and the rivers are no longer controlled by the topography.

Coastal Plain After Peneplanation

A coastal plain after peneplanation. The strata are now beveled across by the peneplain, and the rivers…

Diagrammatic section of coastal plain strata in a transgressive or overlapping series.

Coastal Plain Strata

Diagrammatic section of coastal plain strata in a transgressive or overlapping series.

"Schematic sectional view of a connector well between nonartesian and Floridan aquifers." -Knochenmus, 1975

Connecter Well

"Schematic sectional view of a connector well between nonartesian and Floridan aquifers." -Knochenmus,…

"Diagram showing possible conditions of contamination of wells by sea water." -Gunter, 1933

Contamination

"Diagram showing possible conditions of contamination of wells by sea water." -Gunter, 1933

A coral island developed from a submerged volcano or other rock.

Coral Island

A coral island developed from a submerged volcano or other rock.

A section of an actual coral reef, showing the formation: two sides tall, above sea level with the middle lower and submerged.

Coral Reef Section

A section of an actual coral reef, showing the formation: two sides tall, above sea level with the middle…

Diagram showing the stronger meandering of the current as compared with the river as a whole.

Current

Diagram showing the stronger meandering of the current as compared with the river as a whole.

"Typical deployment of tidal velocity current meter." -Goodwin, 1996

Current Meter

"Typical deployment of tidal velocity current meter." -Goodwin, 1996

Section of a small delta in a lake, showing the fore-sets of pebbles and sand, the bottom-sets of clay, and the top-sets of coarse sand and pebbles.

Delta

Section of a small delta in a lake, showing the fore-sets of pebbles and sand, the bottom-sets of clay,…

"Generalized profile of the earth-crust." -Dryer, 1901

Earth Crust

"Generalized profile of the earth-crust." -Dryer, 1901

A coastal plain in the first cycle of erosion. The presence of two hard layers produces a terraced cuesta front. In exceptional cases the upper terrace may weather back with sufficient rapidity to constitute a second cuesta with a lowland of some width between it and the lower cuesta, if the weak stratum between the harder is of sufficient thickness.

First Cycle of Erosion

A coastal plain in the first cycle of erosion. The presence of two hard layers produces a terraced cuesta…

Diagrammatic section of Florida along the line N.S. showing the relative position of the shore.

Florida Shore

Diagrammatic section of Florida along the line N.S. showing the relative position of the shore.

Section of the Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, to show the depth of water below the falls and the arrangement of the strata.

Horseshoe Falls, Niagara

Section of the Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, to show the depth of water below the falls and the arrangement…

Floating iceburg, showing the proportion of visible to submerged ice.

Iceburg

Floating iceburg, showing the proportion of visible to submerged ice.

Lake with trees and mountains in distance.

Lake

Lake with trees and mountains in distance.

An image of a lake in a town.

Lake

An image of a lake in a town.

"Diagram illustrating the gradual filling up of lakes by the encroachment of vegetation, and also the stages in the origin of peat and marl deposits in lakes. The several plant associations of the Bog series, displacing one another, belong to the following major groups: (I) O. W., open water succession; (2) M., marginal succession; (3) S., shore succession; (4) B., bog succession, comprising the bog-meadow (Bm), bog-shrub (Bs) and bog-forest (Bf); and (5) M. F., mesophytic forest succession." -Gager, 1916

Lake and Vegetation

"Diagram illustrating the gradual filling up of lakes by the encroachment of vegetation, and also the…

"Section across a lake littoral zone, showing typical plant species." From left to right: tapegrass, yellow cow lily, maidencane, cattail, willow, bald cypress, and red maple. -Phelps, 1995

Lake Littoral Zone

"Section across a lake littoral zone, showing typical plant species." From left to right: tapegrass,…

An illustration of a lake scene with people walking.

Lake Scene

An illustration of a lake scene with people walking.

A boy by a marsh.

Marsh

A boy by a marsh.

Diagram illustrating the development of meanders in a river.

Meanders of River

Diagram illustrating the development of meanders in a river.

Diagram showing the circulation in an ideal ocean extending from pole to pole and covering one fourth the circumference of the earth.

Ideal Ocean Circulation

Diagram showing the circulation in an ideal ocean extending from pole to pole and covering one fourth…

Diagram illustrating the development, migration, and complete destruction of an offshore bar and the lagoon deposits behind it.

Offshore Bar

Diagram illustrating the development, migration, and complete destruction of an offshore bar and the…

"One third of the sea bottom is covered with a soft gray ooze or mud made up entirely of the shells of minute animals which live in the surface waters."

Ooze

"One third of the sea bottom is covered with a soft gray ooze or mud made up entirely of the shells…

A spring is a point where groundwater flows from the ground, and is thus where the aquifer surface meets the ground surface

Origin of Springs

A spring is a point where groundwater flows from the ground, and is thus where the aquifer surface meets…

Diagram of plant zones in small lake near Merryman's Lake, Michigan.

Plant Zones

Diagram of plant zones in small lake near Merryman's Lake, Michigan.

Diagram showing how plants fill ponds from the sides and top.

Pond Diagram

Diagram showing how plants fill ponds from the sides and top.

River with two boats on it. Scenery that of the north east.

Portait of a River

River with two boats on it. Scenery that of the north east.

"Diagram suggesting the development of a barrier reef and an atoll, successively, from a fringing reef, by sinking. 1, Fringing reef, formed in shallow water; 2, barrier reef, developed from fringing reef after subsidence; 3, the atoll which succeeds the barrier reef." -Salisbury, 1919

Barrier Reef Development

"Diagram suggesting the development of a barrier reef and an atoll, successively, from a fringing reef,…

A barrier reef is a coral reef that is far from land.

Barrier Reef

A barrier reef is a coral reef that is far from land.

Diagram illustrating the conversion of a fringing into a barrier reef by subsidence.

Barrier Reef

Diagram illustrating the conversion of a fringing into a barrier reef by subsidence.

Diagram illustrating the conversion of a barrier reef into an atoll.

Barrier Reef

Diagram illustrating the conversion of a barrier reef into an atoll.

A fringing reef is a coral reef that is close to land.

Fringing Reef

A fringing reef is a coral reef that is close to land.

Diagram illustrating the forms of ripple marks and of the reverse impressions of the same.

Ripple Marks

Diagram illustrating the forms of ripple marks and of the reverse impressions of the same.

An illustration of a small river.

River

An illustration of a small river.

A river from its source to its mouth.

River

A river from its source to its mouth.

A river with boats traveling on it.

River

A river with boats traveling on it.

An illustration of a river bank.

River Bank

An illustration of a river bank.

Diagram illustrating the imminence of river capture.

River Capture

Diagram illustrating the imminence of river capture.

Diagram showing a region with the river capture completed.

River Capture Completion

Diagram showing a region with the river capture completed.

"A broad, shallow river channel" that would flow slower than a deeper, narrower channel. -Salisbury, 1919

River Channel

"A broad, shallow river channel" that would flow slower than a deeper, narrower channel. -Salisbury,…

A deep, narrow river channel that would flow faster than a broader, shallower channel.

River Channel

A deep, narrow river channel that would flow faster than a broader, shallower channel.

Block diagram showing the flood-plain of a river, with ox-bows and marginal streams and in section, the flood-plain deposits and natural levees.

Flood Plain of a River

Block diagram showing the flood-plain of a river, with ox-bows and marginal streams and in section,…

Diagrams showing the development of river systems in anticlinal folds with anticlinal valleys as the end product. As a result of this erosion the streams flowing in the synclinal valleys are diverted by capture and the main streams become anticlinal.

Development of River Systems

Diagrams showing the development of river systems in anticlinal folds with anticlinal valleys as the…