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Major water stores - Coggle Diagram
Major water stores
Cryoshperic
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Ice sheets are at least 50,000km3 in size
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Permafrost can go 1 meter to <1,000 metres deep
Terrestrial
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Caspian Sea - worlds largest lake (371,000km3)
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Atmospheric
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Increase in water vapour --> traps heat (GHG) -->Increase evaporation --> increase water moisture in atmosphere (positive feedback)
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Soil water
Why it plays an important rock in the weather - moisture can evaporate from soil adding water vapour to the air and therefore increase chance of rain. Opposite happens to dry soil