Underground Waters Of South Western Kansas By Erasmus Haworth

Author : Erasmus Haworth
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781396571831
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (718 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Underground Waters of Southwestern Kansas (Classic Reprint) written by Erasmus Haworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Underground Waters of Southwestern Kansas All terrestrial water comes primarily from the ocean, whence it is taken by evaporation. It may then be carried by the winds to the f ar thest portions Of the dry-land areas and deposited on the surface of the ground, principally as rain, but partially as snow, mist, fog, or dew. NO ground water available to man in any portion Of our globe has had or can have any other ultimate source, whether we consider the wats r near the surface or that more deeply buried. Water thus left upon the dry land deports itself in a variety of ways, dependent upon the different conditions under which it is placed. A large portion is evaporated directly from the surface before it has had an Opportunity to run Off or to be absorbed by the soil or to penetrate to greater depths. Of that which is absorbed, large portions are ultimately dissipated by evaporation from growing vegetation. A sec ond portion runs from the plains and hillsides down into the streams and rapidly returns to the ocean whence it came, while a smaller por tion more gradually works its way into the same streams by seeps and Springs and reaches the same destination. Other port-ions soak into the soil and ground and serve as a permanent supply Of moisture in the soils and surface coverings; while still other but lesser parts Sink below the surface soils and below the roots Of vegetation, where they remain a constant source Of available water existing in sufficient quan tities to more. Than saturate the ground, and hence become'available when drill or spade penetrates it. Each Of these several methods of deportment is important to the student Of hydrology, and may there fore briefly be considered here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.