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Aridity means more than inadequate rainfall. It means inadequate streams, lakes and springs. It means underground water that, in some places, is irreplaceable within any human time frame. Wallace Stegnar, A Society to Match the Scenery, 1876

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What is Atmospheric Humidity?

• http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8c.html

How do Clouds Form ?

• http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8e.html

What is groundwater?

• Groundwater Facts, California (DWR)
• Groundwater and Ecosystems
• Groundwater Information
  • Where does groundwater come from?
  • What is a water table?
  • How rivers, lakes and groundwater are connected
• Groundwater Supply and Use
• http://groundwater.orst.edu/under/under.html
• Groundwater and Wetlands
• http://www.groundwater.org/kc/whatis.html
• http://www.epa.gov/seahome/groundwater/src/ground.htm
• http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/grdwtr/e_gdwtr.htm

How old is Groundwater?

• Movement and Age of Ground Water in the Western Part of the Mojave Desert, Southern California, USA (read the abstract)
• The "Fossil Water" of Ash Meadows, Nevada
  • http://www.nevadaaudubon.org/Iba/Ash%20Meadows%20NWR%20IBA.htm

What is an Aquifer?

• Aquifer
• Aquifer ABC's
• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgwaquifer.html
• Aquifers on National Atlas Map Browser
  • Principal Aquifer Wall Map
• Aquifer Basics
  • http://capp.water.usgs.gov/aquiferBasics/index.html

What is a Riparian Area?

• http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/pubs/wp13text.html
• http://cahe.nmsu.edu/riparian/WHTRIPAREA.htm

What is a Wetland?

• http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/wetlands/vital/toc.html

What is a Watershed?

• http://www.acwf.org/education/watershed/watershed.html
• http://www.epa.gov/seahome/groundwater/src/ground.htm
• Basic Information for Those New to Watersheds

What is a "MegaWatershed"?

• http://www.watermap.com/html/technology.html

Where are the Oceans ?

• http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8o.html

Resources

Groundwater

• Understanding Groundwater
• Center for Groundwater Studies
• Simulation of Ground-Water Flow in the Mojave River Basin, California
• Groundwater Atlas (USGS)
• The Groundwater Foundation
  • http://www.groundwater.org/
• Groundwater Information (USGS)
  • Sustainability of Ground-Water Resources
  • Groundwater and Surface Water - A Single Resource
  • Groundwater and the Rural Homeowner
• Groundwater Information (EPA)
  • http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/wategroundwater.html
  • http://www.epa.gov/ada/
  • Center for Sub-surface Modeling (EPA)
  • U.S. EPA Region 9
• Groundwater Science
  • http://www.groundwatersystems.com/related.html
• California Resources
  • Association of Ground Water Agencies (AGWA, CA.)
  • California Groundwater Association
  • California/Nevada AWWA Section
  • California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health
  • Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRAC)
  • California Water Awareness Campaign
  • Water Resources Center Archives
• National Resources
  • National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
  • National Well Owners Association
  • The Groundwater Foundation
  • American Ground Water Trust
    • Organizations
• Drilling Wells
  • How wells are drilled
  • Well Design
  • Well Equipment
  • WaterRich, WaterPoor

Wetlands

• Living in Harmony with Wetlands Wetlands do so many things ? not only for us, but also for plants, animals, and the land. Discover the functions and values of wetlands.
• California Wetlands Information System
  • http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/
• Wetlands Science Institute
  • http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/wli/
  • Western Wetland Flora Guide
    • http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/westflor/westflor.htm
• National Wetland Inventory (USFW)
  • http://wetlands.fws.gov/
• Wetlands (EPA)
  • http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/

Watershed

• Watersheds (EPA)
• California Watershed Browser

Activities

Groundwater

• General Groundwater Education Resources
  • http://www.groundwater.org/kc/kc.html
• Groundwater is part of the water cycle.
• Groundwater Contamination
• Aquifers
  • Aquifer in a cup (grades K-3)
  • Alarming Aquifer (grades K-5)

Riparian Areas

• Creating a Riparian Zone
  • http://www.wavcc.org/wvc/cadre/WaterQuality/riparianZone.htm

Ponds

• Virtual Pond

Wetlands & Estuaries

• Virtual School Wetlands Network study manual
• Wetlands Education (EPA)
  • http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/education/
• Wetland in a Pan
  • http://sftrc.cas.psu.edu/LessonPlans/Water/WetlandPan.html
• Estuary Live: Presents live Internet feeds from the Rachel Carson Reserve in Beaufort, NC. Students and educators can e-mail questions during the broadcasts and get immediate response

• 5-E Lesson plans from Eastern Michigan University

Watersheds

• Understanding the Watershed Concept
• Urban Watershed Project: Tennessee Hollow at the Presidio of San Francisco
• • Build your own Watershed (grades 8-12)
  • Ways of a Watershed (interactivity, grades 4-8)

Curriculum

Groundwater

• Groundwater Primer for Kids (USGS

Wetlands

• Wetlands Education (EPA)
• World in Our Backyard: A Wetlands Education and Stewardship Program
  

Kiosk / Wildland

Mojave River Watershed

• Going, Going...Wait a minute! A Groundwater Overdraft Simulation (grades 5-10)