Satellite view of cumulonimbus cloud over Africa
Images
Learn about water science through pictures!
Satellite view of cumulonimbus cloud over Africa
![The California Aqueduct](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-sw-aqueduct-california-usgs_0.jpg?itok=ENAAUn1t)
Aqueducts move water - today and in ancient times
Aqueducts move water - today and in ancient times
![Grinnell Glacier, with dates showing the retreat of the glacier from 1850 to 2005](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-cycle-ice-grinnell-glacier.jpg?itok=ECtFmtBq)
Glaciers worldwide are shrinking in size
Glaciers worldwide are shrinking in size
![Atlanta, Georgia: Impervious areas affect rainfall runoff, flooding, and water quality](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-wq-impervious-areas-aerial.jpg?itok=Vss5r29p)
Impervious areas can affect precipitation runoff and flooding, and water quality
Impervious areas can affect precipitation runoff and flooding, and water quality
![Hydrologist sampling for sediment and turbidity, Little Colorado River, Grand Canyon](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-sediment-sampling-grand-canyon.jpg?itok=3L2IYX9T)
Here, a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) hydrographer is collecting a suspended-sediment water sample from the Little Colorado River, a kilometer upstream from the Little Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA.
Here, a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) hydrographer is collecting a suspended-sediment water sample from the Little Colorado River, a kilometer upstream from the Little Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA.
![A small stream in Alabama disappearing into Russell cave, recharging groundwater.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-gw-infiltration-cave-alabama.jpg?itok=QtC2IvaM)
Surface water disappears into a cave on the fast track to become groundwater.
A small stream disappearing into Russell Cave, Alabama.
Surface water disappears into a cave on the fast track to become groundwater.
A small stream disappearing into Russell Cave, Alabama.
![High level of streamflow for Lehman Creek fed by snow melt, Lehman Creek, Nevada](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-cycle-snowmelt-nevada.jpg?itok=Jnh6ed21)
Snowmelt runoff: High level of stream flow for Lehman Creek fed by snow melt in the high country, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA
Snowmelt runoff: High level of stream flow for Lehman Creek fed by snow melt in the high country, Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA
Glaciers
As this picture of Muir and Riggs Glaceris in Alaska shows, glaciers are really rivers, but rivers of solid ice instead of liquid water. Just because they are solid does not mean they don't move, though. Glaciers do flow downhill, just very, very slowly.
Glaciers
As this picture of Muir and Riggs Glaceris in Alaska shows, glaciers are really rivers, but rivers of solid ice instead of liquid water. Just because they are solid does not mean they don't move, though. Glaciers do flow downhill, just very, very slowly.
Surface water-Groundwater (SW-GW) interaction , August 2002. Entire flow of Alapaha River near Jennings, Florida going into sinkhole to Floridan Aquifer.
Surface water-Groundwater (SW-GW) interaction , August 2002. Entire flow of Alapaha River near Jennings, Florida going into sinkhole to Floridan Aquifer.
![Map of the U.S. showing areas of high risk for nitrogen contamination of groundwater.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-nitrogen-map-us-risk-areas.jpg?itok=gURy36U5)
Modeling integrates information to estimate risks of nitrate contamination to shallow ground water
Modeling integrates information to estimate risks of nitrate contamination to shallow ground water
![Diagram showing groundwater as saturated zones underground.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-gw-how-groundwater-occurs-diagram.png?itok=x1tycXjk)
How Ground Water Occurs
![Satellite photo of Lake Baikal, Russia](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-lakes-baikal-satellite-nasa.jpg?itok=YS6gpDAU)
Lake Baikal is the largest, oldest, and deepest freshwater lake in the world
Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest freshwater lake, curves for nearly 400 miles through south-eastern Siberia, north of the Mongolian border. At its deepest point it is over 5,000 feet (1,637 meters) deep.
Lake Baikal is the largest, oldest, and deepest freshwater lake in the world
Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest freshwater lake, curves for nearly 400 miles through south-eastern Siberia, north of the Mongolian border. At its deepest point it is over 5,000 feet (1,637 meters) deep.
![Diagram showing how pesticides are transported throughout the environment.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-qw-pesticides-diagram.png?itok=VhUqVWk8)
Sources and Pathways in the Hydrologic System
Sources and Pathways in the Hydrologic System
![Drawing of kids using a hand-pump well to fill a canteen.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-gw-drawing-kids-well.jpg?itok=A83JBckv)
The Magic of Groundwater
![Bar chart showing the distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/thumbnails/image/wss-where-is-earths-water-barchart.png?itok=r6T25ogP)
Where is Earth's water?