地下水——生命之源 - 江西应用技术职业学院 - 探索中国文化,开启中文+神秘地质寻宝之旅 - 汉语桥团组在线体验平台

Explore Chinese Culture, Embark on the Journey of “Chinese + Mysterious Geological Treasure Hunt”

探索中国文化,开启中文+神秘地质寻宝之旅

Groundwater, the Source of Life

地下水——生命之源

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When looking at the Earth from the outer space, you will find it is a blue planet. This has been widely accepted. The 70-percent surface of the Earth is covered by ocean, but in fact this planet is not as moist as we think. We should avoid to be deceived by what we take for granted. The average radius of the Earth is 6378 kilometers. The average thickness of its crust is 17 kilometers. The average depth of all oceans is 3.2 kilometers, which is even not up to the odd depth of the earth’s crust. If the Earth is assimilated to an apple, the water covering the planet is even thinner than the peel of apple. Among this, the water we can use is much less than what we assume. The fresh water we can depend on for daily life only accounts for less than 1% of all water on the Earth, much of them being stored in the rivers and lakes or underground. According to World Water Development Report 2022 published by UN, the total amount of ground water accounts for 99% of the total fresh water in a liquid state on the Earth, while the fresh water in the forms of river and lake only accounts for 1%. For mostly accumulating in the soil or rock beneath our feet and being hard to be seen and touched, the ground water is often to be neglected. How is ground water formed? How can we utilize it? Today let’s disclose the ins and outs of ground water.

从太空遥望地球,“地球是一颗蔚蓝色的星球”这一认知便广为流传,深入人心。地球表面70%以上被海洋覆盖……别被这一表象“欺骗”。实际上,地球没有我们想象的那么湿润,地球平均半径为6378km,地壳平均厚度为17km,而地球上所有海洋的平均深度为3.2km。是的,连地壳厚度的零头都达不到。如果地球是个苹果,那么地球上的覆盖的水膜比苹果皮还要薄。地球可供我们利用的水资源更是远少于想象。我们日常生活依赖的淡水资源不足地球全部水量的1%,存在于河流、湖泊和地下。根据2022年《联合国世界水发展报告》,地下水约占地球液态淡水总量的近99%,河流湖泊中的淡水只占约1%。由于地下水聚集在我们脚下的岩石、土壤中,看不见、摸不着,我们常常忽视这一重要的资源。地下水的形成过程到底是怎样的?我们又应如何利用它呢?今天就让我们揭示地下水的来龙去脉。

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