GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Water flows from higher level to lower level because it has accelerated in a direction which reduces its total potential of energy as quickly as possible. Water will flow from the higher energy from the head to lower energy head.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ability of a liquid or gas to flow is known as fluidity. Liquids generally flow from a higher level to lower level. So river water flows from higher altitudes to lower altitudes due to its fluidity property.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water flows downhill because gravity is a form of potential energy – and the water, or anything that falls or rolls downward – flows in response to differences in potential energy (from high to low).

Detailed explanation-4: -Runoff is the water that is pulled by gravity across land’s surface, replenishing groundwater and surface water as it percolates into an aquifer or moves into a river, stream or watershed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gravity pulls denser air and water downward, forcing less dense air and water to move upward. The warm water near the surface of the ocean heats up with sunlight and evaporates, keeping the water cycle in motion.