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Well, some lakes and rivers do dry up. For example, much of the deep bore water in Australia last fell as rain thousands or millions of years ago.
The Great Artesian Basin underlies about one fourth of Australia, and is being mined faster than it is being replaced! Up to 2 million years old!
At Birdsville, the water temp is over 90oC, and is used as a source of geothermal energy.
The Caspian Sea has dried significantly, due to extraction of water for irrigation. A major ecological catastrophe.
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoIf you don't think lakes flow, you've clearly never seen Lake Taneycomo in the summer.
Most lakes don't appear to flow because they either have no outlet and thus nowhere to flow to, or the outlet is small enough compared to the size of the lake that the flow is unnoticeable. In the case of Lake Taneycomo, it lies between Table Rock dam and Powersite dam, and follows the original course of the White River. The flow through Table Rock and Powersite dams is coordinated so that the level of Taneycomo never drops or rises much, but if a lot of power is being generated at the dams, then the flow is quite obvious, and if you didn't know about the dams you could easily mistake it for a river.
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What can rivers lead up to?
Rivers can but aren't limited to lead up to... oceans, lakes, ponds, or other rivers.
What does the Water in oceans lakes and rivers and under the ground make up?
hydrosphere
What is it called when rain soaks up into the soil or runs off into the oceans rivers and lakes?
Watershed.
What if there was not enough water in rivers?
The water cycle would stop and the oceans would start to dry up.
Why do rivers never dry up?
Rivers can and do dry up.
Does the water in Earth's oceans seas lakes rivers and glaciers make up the atmosphere?
yes it does why wouldn't it because their made out of water
What makes up the earth's hydrosphere?
The Earth's water makes up the hydrosphere, be it frozen at the icecaps or in glaciers, liquid in the rivers, lakes, seas, oceans and ground water or as a gas or vapour in the atmosphere. sorry but not useful The water on Earth, such as in the oceans, seas, rivers and lakes, makes up the hydrosphere.
Does Afghanistan have many lakes and rivers?
The Hamun-i-Helmand ( Sīstān Lake), which straddles the border between Afghanistan and Iran - however there are serious environmental problems that are causing it to dry up.
What is the definition of the water cycle collection?
water that falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on land. When it ends up on land, it will either soak into the earth and become part of the "ground water" that plants and animals use to drink, or it may run over the soil and collect in the oceans, lakes or rivers.
What kinds of materials end up as sediment?
the tiny pieces of rock settle on the bottom of lakes,rivers and oceans
Which features on earth makes up the hydrosphere?
The features on earth that make up the hydrosphere are lakes, oceans, seas and rivers. The hydrosphere refer to the water surfaces on earth.
What warms the lakes and oceans?
The sun and the earth. The earth has fire/heat/magma inside it that heats up the earth and lakes and oceans
