In general, what happens to water as it falls on the land?
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It evaporates! Soaking rain goes into the water table!
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It's also true with water going down the drain. It goes the other way in the southern hemisphere, because of the earths rotation.
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The molecules in the water are in motion and as the move some of them move into the air and this is called evaporation.  The water will evaporate into the air until the air is as it can be at whatever the temperature is.  When the saturation is greater than the air can hold, condensation forms.
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All the heaviest materials would be deposited first. When the force of the water falls, then the mass and weight of whatever material is being forced along with it will come into play. The heaviest of the dense material (like boulders) will be deposited first. Then whole trees (which because of their size tend to float better, but eventually the weight of them will be more than the force exerted on them). Then smaller rocks, etc, etc, etc, until you get down to light silt which would be the last particles to fall to the stream bottom.
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Surface tension and elasticity of the water are just about the same thing, for all practical purposes. The water can not get out of the way fast enough to let the stone sink before the motion and deflection cause the stone to bounce. The gyroscope motion of the stone is what gives it enough balance to not lose much of it's momentum when it hits something, like water. That's why flat, smooth stone work best.
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Water heats and cools more slowly than land (soil).  This means that a pressure difference is created (wind blows from high to low pressure).  Pressure is lower on land during the daytime hours because the ground heats up more quickly than a neighboring body of water.  This creates a sea breeze (pressure is higher over the sea, so wind blows from sea to land).  Breezes are named according to the direction from which they come.  During the evening, land cools more quickly than the neighboring body of water, so pressure on land is higher, and wind blows from land to sea (land breeze.
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When it rains, it can do one of two things... be absorbed into the ground OR runoff into low-lying areas.\n\nSeveral factors can determine whether rain will become groundwater or runoff.\n\n1.)Type of soil - sandy soils are more porous and allows water to pass through more easily than those such as clay soils. Therefore soil type will determine drainage.\n2.)Type & amount of vegetation - Vegetation can either allow runoff by inhibiting drainage or can allow for the slow down of water movement which would allow it to be absorbed. It just depends on how much & the type.\n3.)Slope/steepness of an area - steeper areas are more likely to lead to runoff rather than absorbtion.\n4.)Ground saturation levels - if the ground is already saturated w/ water it will not hold anymore & will lead to runoff.\n\nDepth can be determined by...\n1.)Depth of bedrock or basement rock - This could be a nonporous/impermeable rock which just means that it won't allow water to move through. If the bedrock type won't allow drainage then that is where the water will stop.\n2.)The depth of the water table - if the water table is deeper, then the deeper the water will have to travel before reaching it.
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The waters of the oceans are pulled downwards by gravity; they flow around the planet in currents.  The continents shift and drift and the water flows into the spaces left.  The moon's gravity pulls the water and creates tides.  The waters of our little planet are in constant motion.
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It's hard to say. Soil doesn't actually grow. It is produced from weathering of rocks that get transported and also degradation of biogenic material. Therefore, the growth (increase) of soil depends on how much rock debris and biogenic material is added to the soil in a certain place. The reverse can also happen. Soil erosion can cause soil to be reduced in a certain place. So, there's no straight forward answer to your question. However, if there is no change in the soil, then, due to the higher specific gravity of a coin compared to soil, it will gradually sink in the soil when subject to rain and other sources of water. But, how much it will sink depends on the type of soil and amount of water received by the ground.
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Heat from the sun that warms water in the Oceans, rivers,and lakes. The water evaporates goes up inot the clouds, evaporated watre dropplets cling to dust particles in the atmoshpere, These become clouds, and as soon as enough water is clinging to one drop it beginn, rivers to rain, as if the clouds are to heavy to hold anymore. If it is cold then it will snow. This falls to the ground and (if snow melts) runs into the ocean rivers and lakes. REpeat Process with heat from the sun. ^^
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It depends on how much water is displaced by the stone and log. The stone and log will be buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the water displaced.
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That is a good & interesting question.\n\nIn all logical aspects, this should occur due to the fact that everything in nature trys to balance out. This includes things like air pressure; it travels from high to low areas of pressure. In the same manner, everything that is uphill or of higher elevation trys to balance w/ those that are of lower elevation; hence erosion & drainage basins in general.\n\nIn order for this to occur, a lot of sediment would have to be washed into the drainage basin's streams & rivers. That would take a very long time.\n\nAlthough I think the answer here has to do with the fact that the earth's crust rebounds in a process called isostatic adjustment.\n\nWhen material is removed from the crust to another location, weight is taken off of an area. The crust will readjust to the former height by rising slightly.\n\nIt's just like placing several blocks of wood in a container of water. As you take off one of the blocks, the rest of them will rise in response to the reduced load.\n\nThats my answer & I'm sticking to it.\n\n:)
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Also if there is a landslide say beside a damn... then a flood could happen , if the dam is takn out with the land slide.. then all the water held back by the dam will be released resulting in a flood.
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That would be a natural levee.\n\nWhen the river's water exceeds its banks, the water begins to slow down.\n\nThe slower velocity will cause the heaviest of the sediments to "fall out".\n\nSome of the sediment will be deposited on the banks of the river forming a natural levee.
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The movement of water around, over, and through the Earth is called the water cycle.The water cycle—technically known as the hydrologic cycle—is the continuous circulation of water within the Earth's hydrosphere, and is driven by solar radiation. This includes the atmosphere, land, surface water and groundwater. As water moves through the cycle, it changes state between liquid, solid, and gas phases. Water moves from compartment to compartment, such as from river to ocean, by the physical processes of evaporation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and subsurface flow. Movement of water within the water cycle is the subject of the field of hydrology.
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Yes. And lakes, land masses, nay number of thing. (The larger the object the greater the effect, the less viscous the object the greater the effect.)\n\nLots of details at source below.
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Gravity...or if you mean why doesn't it come over the land...then that is because the land is higher then the sea, hence there is not enough water in the sea to raise it above the land.