FORMS AND BODIES OF

WATER

FORMS OF WATER
SOLID
THIS FORM OF WATER IS DESCRIBED AS HARD AND CAN OR CANNOT BE
EASILY BROKEN DOWN. COMMON EXAMPLES OF THIS ARE GLACIERS, ICE
CUBES, FORMATION ON FREEZERS OF REFRIGERATORS OR ICE RINKS.
ICE IS FROZEN WATER. WHEN WATER FREEZES, ITS MOLECULES MOVE
FARTHER APART, MAKING ICE LESS DENSE THAN WATER. THIS MEANS THAT
ICE WILL BE LIGHTER THAN THE SAME VOLUME OF WATER, AND SO ICE WILL
FLOAT IN WATER. WATER FREEZES AT 0 CELSIUS, 32 FAHRENHEIT.

LIQUID
IS WET AND FLUID. THIS IS THE FORM OF WATER WITH WHICH WE ARE MOST
FAMILIAR. WE USE LIQUID WATER IN MANY WAYS, INCLUDING WASHING AND
DRINKING.
THIS IS WHAT WE REGULARLY SEE EVERYDAY FROM DRINKING WATER, YOUR
SWEAT, OR THE BEVERAGE YOU DRINK. WHEN YOU ICE IS MELTED, LIQUID
WATER IS FORMED.

GAS
VAPOR IS ALWAYS PRESENT IN THE AIR AROUND US. YOU CANNOT SEE IT.
WHEN YOU BOIL WATER, THE WATER CHANGES FROM A LIQUID TO A GAS OR
WATER VAPOR. AS SOME OF THE WATER VAPOR COOLS, WE SEE IT AS A
SMALL CLOUD CALLED STEAM. THIS CLOUD OF STEAM IS A MINI VERSION OF
THE CLOUDS WE SEE IN THE SKY. AT SEA LEVEL, STEAM IS FORMED AT 100
CELSIUS, 212 FAHRENHEIT.

THE WATER VAPOR ATTACHES TO SMALL BITS OF DUST IN THE AIR. IT FORMS
RAINDROPS IN WARM TEMPERATURES. IN COLD TEMPERATURES, IT FREEZES
AND FORMS SNOW OR HAIL.

BODIES OF WATER
IS ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WATER, GENERALLY ON A PLANET'S
SURFACE. THE TERM BODY OF WATER MOST OFTEN REFERS TO LARGE
ACCUMULATIONS OF WATER, SUCH AS OCEANS, SEAS, AND LAKES, BUT IT
INCLUDES SMALLER POOLS OF WATER SUCH AS PONDS, WETLANDS, OR
MORE RARELY, PUDDLES. A BODY OF WATER DOES NOT HAVE TO BE STILL OR
CONTAINED; RIVERS, STREAMS, CANALS, AND OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL
FEATURES WHERE WATER MOVES FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER ARE ALSO
CONSIDERED BODIES OF WATER.

BAY
A BAY IS A LARGE BODY OF WATER CONNECTED TO AN OCEAN OR SEA,
FORMED BY AN INLET OF WATER DUE TO THE SURROUNDING LAND BLOCKING
SOME WAVES AND OFTEN REDUCING WINDS.

MANILA BAY

GULF
IS A LARGE BODY OF WATER, SOMETIMES WITH A NARROW MOUTH, THAT IS
ALMOST COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY LAND. IT CAN BE CONSIDERED A
LARGE BAY.

ALBAY GULF

LAKE
IS AN AREA, (PROTOTYPICALLY FILLED WITH WATER) OF VARIABLE SIZE,
LOCALIZED IN A BASIN, THAT IS SURROUNDED BY LAND APART FROM ANY
RIVER OR OTHER OUTLET THAT SERVES TO FEED OR DRAIN THE LAKE.

LAGUNA DE BAY

OCEAN
IS A BODY OFSALINE WATERTHAT COMPOSES MUCH OF
APLANET'SHYDROSPHERE.ONEARTH, AN OCEAN IS ONE OF THE MAJOR
CONVENTIONAL DIVISIONS OF THEWORLD OCEAN, WHICH OCCUPIES TWOTHIRDS OF PLANET'S SURFACE.

PACIFIC OCEAN

PUDDLE
IS A SMALL ACCUMULATION OFLIQUID, USUALLY WATER, ON A SURFACE. IT
CAN FORM EITHER BY POOLING IN A DEPRESSION ON THE SURFACE, OR
BYSURFACE TENSIONUPON A FLAT SURFACE. PUDDLES ARE USUALLY
FORMED FROMRAINWATER OR FROMIRRIGATION.

RIVER
A NATURAL WATERWAY USUALLY FORMED BY WATER DERIVED FROM EITHER
PRECIPITATION OR GLACIAL MELTWATER, AND FLOWS FROM HIGHER GROUND
TO LOWER GROUND.

LOBOC RIVER

SEA
A LARGE EXPANSE OF SALINE WATER CONNECTED WITH AN OCEAN, OR A
LARGE, USUALLY SALINE, LAKE THAT LACKS A NATURAL OUTLET SUCH AS
THE CASPIAN SEA AND THE DEAD SEA. IN COMMON USAGE, OFTEN
SYNONYMOUS WITH OCEAN.

WEST PHILIPPINE SEA

SPRING
A POINT WHERE GROUNDWATER FLOWS OUT OF THE GROUND, AND IS THUS
WHERE THE AQUIFER SURFACE MEETS THE GROUND SURFACE

FUYOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK

MOAT
IS A DEEP, BROAD DITCH, EITHER DRY OR FILLED WITH WATER, THAT
SURROUNDS A CASTLE, OTHER BUILDING OR TOWN, HISTORICALLY TO
PROVIDE IT WITH A PRELIMINARY LINE OF DEFENSE.

BAYOU
A BODY OF WATER TYPICALLY FOUND IN FLAT, LOW-LYING AREA, AND CAN
REFER EITHER TO AN EXTREMELY SLOW-MOVINGSTREAMORRIVER(OFTEN
WITH A POORLY DEFINED SHORELINE), OR TO A MARSHY LAKE OR WETLAND.

LOUISIANA BAYOU

REFERENCES
PHILIPPINES IN PERSPECTIVE: AN ORIENTATION GUIDE
BY: TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION DIVISION
PHILIPPINE WATER CODE
HTTP://WWW.SHELTERCLUSTER.ORG

WATER AND LANDFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES

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