Store and Flow

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  • Water movements from one store to another are known as flow
  • Examples of flow include melt, glaciers flowing, and rivers flowing into oceans
  • Water stores are places where water is contained, examples include freshwater stores like glaciers, rivers, lakes, soils, and groundwater, and saltwater stores like oceans
  • What is flow?
    Water movements from one water store to another.
  • Flow refers to the movement of water from one store to another, such as from glaciers to rivers and eventually to oceans
  • Examples of flow include the melting of glaciers and the movement of water from rivers to oceans
  • What are water stores?
    Places where water can be contained