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If it rains and some of the water runs into rivers and seas but what about the water that goes into aquifers?
The rain that falls on the ground has three options:
1. it can run to the nearest river or lake,
2. it can percolate to the underground (into an aquifer) or
3. it can evaporate.
Plants can absorb a significant quantity of water from the ground and evaporate it through the leaves (in a process called "evapotranspiration"), so no. 3 is not only evaporation from hard surface.
The amount of water percolating underground is highly dependent of ground permeability. Percolation speed can range from few centimeters per second (10^-2 m/s) in gravel or sand (very fast) to about a meter per year (10^-8 m/s) in clay. Faster it percolates, less runoff goes to the rivers and more to the aquifer.
Another very important factor is whether the ground is a forest, field or paved area. In forests, the runoff speed can be more than 10-times slower than on paved areas and percolation likewise higher.
In moderate climate, approximately one half of the rainfall can percolate to the aquifer from unpaved surfaces. It is a good practice to drain as much as possible water from the roofs underground, since storm runoff to rivers creates peaks that can cause floods downstream.
What else can I help you with?
Where does ground water go when it rains?
When it rains, the water seeps into the ground and infiltrates into the soil, filling up the spaces between rocks and sediment. This excess water becomes groundwater, which can either stay in the ground or flow through underground aquifers. Ultimately, some of this groundwater may resurface as springs or discharge into rivers, lakes, or oceans.
How can the rain become part of the water cycle again?
it goes into the rivers and then as it goes it gets evaporated and after evaporation it condenses again. So it rains again Hope i helped :P
How might the river look thousands of years from now?
the rivers will look the same because when water goes though the water cycle it rains or snows again and puts most of the water back. so the rivers will stay the same as long as preticapation keeps coming down
Where does water go after it rains in the sidewalk?
it goes into a drian or it drys up
Why it rains in tropical climate?
The precipitation is much higher in that climate. So, when all the water evaporates, it goes up into the clouds. When the clouds are full of water, they release the water so it rains. And since there's a large amount of water, it rains much more frequently
How does water from clouds get back to the sea?
Water from clouds returns to the sea by falling as precipitation onto Earth's surface, such as rain or snow. This water then flows into rivers, streams, and eventually reaches the oceans through the water cycle.
When water vapor what happens?
It forms a cloud then it rains
Where does the majority of rainwater end up?
after i rains the water will soak into the ground into a aquifer or will go ino rivers, lakes, or other bodies of water.
How does the water cycle get more water?
The water cycle gets more water by rain because when it rains the rain goes in the water cycle .
What are the water pollutant?
Every chemical that goes to rivers and lakes are water pollutants.
How does the groundwater in aquifers become polluted?
I would guess that the vast majority of pollution in ground water comes from people discarding chemicals and materials in low line areas and eventually rain water will force those chemicals and materials through the ground and into the groundwater. We've also heard of, we're well aware of people who have wells and use the wells as a disposal site for toxic chemicals.
Where does rain com from?
The sea gets hot by the sun and the heats the water making evaporation and then making a condensed cloud then the cloud moves and the cloud is getting very heavy so it rains and the goes back inti the sea and rivers and repeats.
