Clipart 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.
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American Falls, Niagara
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.... |
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Artesian Conditions in Sulphur Spring Valley
Diagrammatic section showing artesian conditions in Sulphur Spring Valley.... |
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Atlantic Shelf
"Profile of the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and adjoining land in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, showing the continental shelf." -Gilbert, 1910... |
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Atoll
"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... |
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Barrier Beach
"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.... |
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Barrier Section
Section of a barrier reef.... |
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Bay-bar
A Bay-bar, with narrow inlet which leaves the water of the bay salty. South Shore of Marthas Vineyard.... |
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Bay-bar
A Bay-bar completely cutting off a bay and converting it into a closed shore-pond. South Shore of Marthas Vineyard... |
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Beach
The cross-section of a beach.... |
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Coastal Plain After Elevation
A coastal plain after elevation and renewed dissection. Two cuestas and two lowlands are now produced from the hard and weak strata, respectively.... |
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Coastal Plain After Peneplanation
A coastal plain after peneplanation. The strata are now beveled across by the peneplain, and the rivers are no longer controlled by the topography.... |
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Coastal Plain Strata
Diagrammatic section of coastal plain strata in a transgressive or overlapping series.... |
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Contamination
"Diagram showing possible conditions of contamination of wells by sea water." -Gunter, 1933... |
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Coral Island
A coral island developed from a submerged volcano or other rock.... |
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Coral Reef Section
A section of an actual coral reef, showing the formation: two sides tall, above sea level with the middle lower and submerged.... |
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Current
Diagram showing the stronger meandering of the current as compared with the river as a whole.... |
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Current Meter
"Typical deployment of tidal velocity current meter." -Goodwin, 1996... |
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Delta
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.... |
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Earth Crust
"Generalized profile of the earth-crust." -Dryer, 1901... |
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First Cycle of Erosion
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 con... |
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Florida Shore
Diagrammatic section of Florida along the line N.S. showing the relative position of the shore.... |
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Horseshoe Falls, Niagara
Section of the Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, to show the depth of water below the falls and the arrangement of the strata.... |
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Iceburg
Floating iceburg, showing the proportion of visible to submerged ice.... |
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Lake and Vegetation
"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... |
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Lake Littoral Zone
"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... |