surface water
Noun
Meaning
surface water (countable and uncountable, plural surface waters)
(geography) Water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, sea or ocean, as opposed to groundwater.
Alternative names
surface-water
Examples
Surface water flow Hydrology considers quantifying surface water flow and solute transport, although the treatment of flows in large rivers is sometimes considered as a distinct topic of hydraulics or hydrodynamics.
Surface water temperatures on the Atlantic side reach a summer average of convert inshore and convert offshore to winter lows of convert inshore and convert offshore.
Surface water and deeper water (down to 100 meters or more) are mixed during winter because of the steady cooling of the surface and wind.
Surface water flow can include flow both in recognizable river channels and otherwise.
Surface water temperatures, which vary with latitude, current systems, and season and reflect the latitudinal distribution of solar energy, range from below convert to over convert.
Surface water (collected from a river or lake) can become contaminated by industrial wastes, farm runoff, storm water runoff, acid deposition and human and animal wastes.