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2006-06-22 12:11:46 · 9 answers · asked by robert b 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Well, there are actually a number of answers to that question.
1) There are underground springs and water tables, which are why people had wells, and some folks still do today. Most western states have wells that reach into actual rivers that run beneath the surface, approx. 180 feet down. There are also windmills that pump water from underground springs and such.
2) The polar caps are also almost 85% fresh water, and as they are slowly melting they are even now effecting the tides and current flows. Due to the changing salinity in the oceans, the Gulf Stream for one is already altering its course slightly..
3) As the water began to lower, it was also evaporating, enriching the atmosphere with an increase of moisture. Thus, making the upper levels of the atmosphere richer, and raising the oxygen levels. Believe it or not, water has a direct impact on the air supplies.. Not many people realize that, but it's true.
Good luck with all your answers...
2006-06-22 12:22:30 · answer #1 · answered by nonya_askme 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While flood myths exist in many ancient texts from all over the world, this is not necessary evidence of a world-wide flood. In fact, given how little people knew of the world around them in ancient times, any flood would seem like a flood that covered the whole world... after all, it was covering all the world they knew. And flooding occurs worldwide... so stories of floods worldwide is not a surprise.
We have no scientific evidence of a flood that covered the whole of the earth. Your question is a sensible one in that it addresses that. Where did it go? Well, if it never happened, the water didn't have to go anywhere. And that's the most likely solution to the problem. ;)
2006-06-22 12:24:26 · answer #2 · answered by JStrat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water did not "go down." Because of volcanic eruption and the collision of tectonic plates, the land was pushed up creating continents, island, and other land masses.
2006-06-22 12:22:35 · answer #3 · answered by kjgartman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The land rose from the waters.
2006-06-22 13:50:54 · answer #4 · answered by klute_0713 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of it got frozen in the North & South poles.
2006-06-22 12:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by Wireless 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Myths and works of fiction dont have to make sense.
2006-06-22 12:15:40 · answer #6 · answered by skyyn777 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It evaporated.
2006-06-22 12:25:20 · answer #7 · answered by M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could have frozen and evaporated?!
2006-06-22 12:47:38 · answer #8 · answered by viva in sterio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to narnia!!
2006-06-28 17:34:50 · answer #9 · answered by Southie9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋