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Where does mountain spring water originate from?

Mountain spring water originates from natural underground sources within mountains, where the water is filtered through layers of rock and soil before emerging at the surface as a spring.


How Weathering and erosion effect mountain?

Weathering breaks down rocks on a mountain into smaller pieces through processes like freeze-thaw cycles and chemical reactions. Erosion then transports these smaller pieces downhill through agents like water, wind, or ice, gradually wearing away the mountain over time. Together, weathering and erosion can reshape and reduce the size of a mountain.


How can stone mountain change the Earth's surface?

it changes the earths surface by...pushing in to the earth!falling down and crumbling the earth!and being the largest rock in the world it creates attraction!


What is a way in which groundwater becomes surface water?

Groundwater can become surface water through the process of seepage, where water from underground aquifers or water tables rises to the surface through springs, seeps, or streams. This can occur when the water table is close to the surface or when there is an elevation gradient that allows groundwater to flow out onto the land surface.


How does water get to the top of a mountain or a spring?

The pressure of the weight of earth on subterranean water deposits forces water up through mountain rock fissures (cracks) and can open up onto high altitude surfaces producing what we call a 'spring'. It is not uncommon to find springs at 6,500ft elevation on a high mountain ridge with no other mountains around, and lakes visible far below. -Pete, in Tacoma WA USA

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Where does mountain spring water originate from?

Mountain spring water originates from natural underground sources within mountains, where the water is filtered through layers of rock and soil before emerging at the surface as a spring.


A seamount is what?

A seamount is a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface (sea level), and thus is not an island.


Why a tin lid floats in a bowl of water but when it is crushed into a ball it sinks?

The surface tension of the water stops it from breaking the surface so long as it does not cut through it. The irregular shape and weight of a metal ball made from the same thing cuts the surface tension and breaks the electronic bond that exists between the water molecules at the surface.


How do you describe the surface of the earth?

land and water or mountain and lakes


What breaks down and transports rocks on the earth's surface?

water, wind, ice


What is the depth of an underwater mountain?

An underwater mountain has height from the ocean bottom, the top and bottom of the mountain have depth from the surface of the water.


Why does dawn dish soap repel pepper?

Soap breaks the surface tension of water. Pepper will only float where there is strong surface tension.


Does a mountin form when a volcano reaches the surface of the water in an ocean?

No, because when a volcano reaches the surface of the water it forms a volcnic island not a mountain


Which of these are fissures through which water and water vapor escape from the Earths surface?

Fumaroles are fissures through which water and water vapor escape from the Earth's surface.


What breaks on water but not on land?

The answer is "waves." Waves break on the surface of water, causing them to crash and break, but this does not occur on land.


What is the thing that breaks if you throw onto water but does not breaks if throw on ground?

The thing that breaks if you throw it onto water but does not break if thrown on the ground is an egg. When an egg is thrown onto water, the surface tension can cause it to break upon impact, while throwing it onto a solid surface like the ground can result in a break as well, but the dynamics of the impact differ.


How Weathering and erosion effect mountain?

Weathering breaks down rocks on a mountain into smaller pieces through processes like freeze-thaw cycles and chemical reactions. Erosion then transports these smaller pieces downhill through agents like water, wind, or ice, gradually wearing away the mountain over time. Together, weathering and erosion can reshape and reduce the size of a mountain.