Anand Gnanadesikan's

Maryland Science Olympiad

Dynamic Planet 2011

In 2011 the event focused on the role of fresh water: rivers, streams, lakes and aquifers in the Earth System.

Sample Tests

• Camden County Regional Test 2011, Division B
• Answer Key
• Camden County Regional Test 2011, Division C
• Answer Key

Resources

A good place to start is the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, which has a good online textbook:

• http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/fluvial_systems/
• This site has a lot of links to topographic maps illustrating particular features. If you take the time, you can try to find these on the USGS web site, which allows you to download topographic maps.

The Encyclopedia of Earth (www.eoearth.org) also has some useful information. Look particularly at the articles on

• Physical properties of rivers
• Chemical properties of rivers
• Origin and age of lakes
• Physical environment of lakes

The US Geological Survey also has a number of useful sites:

• http://water.usgs.gov/glossaries.html
  • glossaries of water terms.
• http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/index.html
  • a great site on water resources in general.

Connor and Costa (http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2003/circ1245/pdf/circ1245.pdf) has a good discussion of floods in the US, where and why they occur.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/106/ talks about the 100 year flood.