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Illustration of a cylindrical tank with pipes leaving it
Water: septic system 2
Illustration of a municipal well
Water: municipal well
Illustration of a cirrocumulus cloud, a large, white patch or tuft without a gray shadow. Composed of supercooled liquid droplets (if they freeze, becomes cirrostratus - cirrocumuli are short lived) Each cloudlet appears no larger than a finger held at arms length. It occurs in patches or sheets, organized in rows like other cumulus, but since they are so small, cirrocumulus patches take on a finer appearance, sometimes referred to colloquially as
High clouds: Cirrocumulus
Illustration of cirrostratus clouds, thin, generally uniform clouds, composed of ice-crystals, capable of forming halos. When thick enough to be seen, they are whitish, usually with no distinguishing features.
High clouds: Cirrostratus
Illustration of cirrus clouds, which are characterized by thin, wisplike strands, often accompanied by tufts, leading to their common (non-standard) name of mare's tail. Cirrus clouds are formed when water vapor freezes into ice crystals at altitudes above 8000 meters (26,000 ft). Due to the sparse moisture at a high altitude, they tend to be very thin.
High clouds: Cirrus
Illustration of cumulonimbus clouds, tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other intense weather. Cumulonimbus means
Low clouds: Cumulonimbus 1
Illustration of a cumulus cloud, a cloud with noticeable vertical development and clearly defined edges. Cumulus means
Low clouds: Cumulus 1
Illustration of stratocumulus clouds, belonging to a class characterized by large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves. Weak convective currents create shallow cloud layers because of drier, stable air above preventing continued vertical development. Vast areas of subtropical and polar oceans are covered with massive sheets of stratocumuli.
Low clouds: Stratocumulus 1
Illustration of stratus clouds, meaning layer or blanket in Latin. Characterized by horizontal layering with a uniform base. Flat, featureless clouds of low altitude varying in color from dark gray to nearly white obscuring the disk of the sun. Essentially above-ground fog formed either through the lifting of morning fog or when cold air moves at low altitudes over a region.
Low clouds: Stratus 1
Illustration of a cloud belonging to a class characterized by globular masses or rolls in layers or patches. Alto,
Middle clouds: Altocumulus 1
Illustration of an altostratus cloud; also referred to as
Middle clouds: Altostratus 1
Illustration of a nimbostratus cloud, a rain cloud characterized by a formless layer that is almost uniformly dark gray, of medium altitude, usually developing above 6500 ft (2000 m). Nimbo is from the Latin word
Middle clouds: Nimbostratus 1
Illustration of a cloud with falling snow
Weather: snow
Illustration of weather vane
Weather vane
Illustration of water resource management
Water resource management
Illustration of watershed management
Watershed management
Illustration of a drainage pipe aiming downwards
Water: water pipe 1
Illustration of an upright water pipe
Water: water pipe 2
3-D Illustration of a sewage treatment plant with pools
Water: sewage treatment plant 1
Illustration of a rounded dam
Water: dam 2
Illustration of a drainage pipe with several sources, partially underground
Water: drainage 1
Illustration of a second type of drainage pipe, partially underground
Water: drainage 2
Illustration of altered hydrology
Altered hydrology
Illustration of freshwater exchange
Exchange: freshwater
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