hydrosphere

• hydrosphere- total amount of water on earth.
• arabia - largest provider of waste water
• brine: water strongly impregnated with salt
• water cycle: collection, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, storage, and runoff
• upwelling: an instance or amount of seawater, magma, or other liquid rising up
• thermohaline circulation is the movement of water in the oceans due to temperature and salinity
• water table- highest border of saturated water
• ocean gyres are areas of ocean with high concentrations of nutrients and low oxygen