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CYCLE Why important? Compartments? Sphere/form of nutrient/location/time frame Flows/Processes Additional Interesting Notes Water Fresh water, land use decisions, Water pollution Lithosphere: liquid, above surface (fast), surface soils (rel. fast), deep in ground (slow, many years) Biosphere: plants, animals liquid Hydrosphere: mostly liquid (fast/slow/really slow – streams/groundwater/glaciers) Evaporation/Transpiration Condensation/Precip. Run‐off Infiltration Percolation (Absorption) Some purification, some contamination Evapotranspiration Leaching Erosion Carbon Nitrogen Sulfur Phosphorus
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CYCLEWhy important?Compartments?Sphere/form of nutrient/location/time frameFlows/ProcessesAdditional Interesting Notes
WaterFresh water,land usedecisions,Water pollutionLithosphere: liquid, above surface (fast),surface soils (rel. fast), deep in ground (slow,many years)Biosphere: plants, animals liquidHydrosphere: mostly liquid (fast/slow/reallyslow streams/groundwater/glaciers)Evaporation/TranspirationCondensation/Precip.RunoffInfiltrationPercolation(Absorption)Some purification,some contaminationEvapotranspirationLeachingErosion
Carbon
Nitrogen
Sulfur
Phosphorus
