17.1 - Definition and Importance of Evaporation in Hydrology
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What is evaporation?
💡 Hint: Think about water disappearing into the atmosphere.
List two factors that influence evaporation.
💡 Hint: Consider natural elements that affect water.
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What is evaporation?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens to puddles when the sun shines.
True or False: Evaporation does not affect climate models.
💡 Hint: Consider the role of water in weather changes.
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Given a reservoir that loses 100 square meters of water daily due to evaporation, calculate the annual water loss caused by evaporation.
💡 Hint: Think about multiplying the daily loss by the number of days in a year.
In a moderate climate, if the average evaporation rate is calculated to be 5mm/day, what is the total volume of water evaporated from a lake with an area of 1 hectare over one month?
💡 Hint: Don’t forget to convert mm to meters for the calculation!
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