Water resources
Water resources
Water resources (pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtər rɪˈsɔːrsɪz/) are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. It is an important resource for various activities such as agriculture, industry, and domestic use.
Etymology
The term "water resources" is derived from the Middle English "water", from Old English "wæter", from Proto-Germanic "*watōr", and the Latin "res", meaning "thing" or "matter". The term "resource" comes from the Old French "resourdre", meaning "to rise again, recover".
Related terms
- Hydrology: The scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water in the Earth's atmosphere, surface, and subsurface.
- Hydrogeology: The area of geology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust.
- Water cycle: The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land.
- Water management: The activity of planning, developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of water resources.
- Water scarcity: The lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.
- Water conservation: The practice of using water efficiently to reduce unnecessary water usage.
See also
References
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Water resources
- Wikipedia's article - Water resources
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