Map scaled up 117 % from topo_010810.ai
0
meters
500
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Park boundary
Topographic contours
Stream
600
Cascade Brook stream station
Roads
Lake/pond
The Water Cycle
Water storage in
ice and snow
Water storage in the atmosphere
Condensation
Sublimation
Evapotranspiration
Precipitation
Desublimation
Evaporation
Surface runoff
Snowmelt runoff
to streams
Streamflow
Infiltration
Evaporation
Spring
G
ro
un
d -w
Freshwater Plant
uptake
storage
a te
r d
isch
arge
Ground-water storage
Water storage
in oceans
Illustration by John M. Evans, USGS
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
Illustration of watershed from the Oregon Watershed Assessment Manual, prepared by Watershed Professionals Network, LLC
(www.watershednet.com/), July 1999. Courtesy of Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (www.oweb.state.or.us).
Area of watershed
height = mm of
precipitation
falling on
watershed
wa
st r e
te
rs
he
d d iv
ide
am
stream
gauging
station
Illustration of volume of precipitation falling on a watershed by Linda Pistolesi.
Illustration of U.S. Naval Jack flag courtesy of The World Flag Database (www.flags.net).
Water level
recorder
Float
Water level in V-notch
h
Weir diagram courtesy of Thomas G. Siccama.
Stilling
well
Pipes connecting ponding
basin to stilling well