Why doesn't all the water seep to the middle of the earth?

Question

From the oceans, lakes etc due to gravity, pressure and water's natural tendency to always find a way.

Answer 1

As it is heavier than water, the pressure in ground goes up much faster than in water.
Since dirt and rocks are heavier, the water being lighter stays on top
(like oil will stay on top of water).

Answer 2

Water does no longer seep through concrete flooring. which could no longer a possibility. So application of a sealant is of no income. Water is possibly drawing close the joint the position the basement floor meets the concrete outdoors wall and then it runs to a low spot on the floor. It then looks to have come from that appropriate position, even as, in fact, it got here from probably even some distance away. As a very last motel, take and caulk that joint the position the basement floor meets the outer concrete wall. wire brush that sparkling, then practice RTV sparkling rubber sealant from a Caulk Gun tube to that nook and comfortable it in there making use of a glove and finger. once you've gutter drains, take and run underground pipes and drain off those gutters a minimum of 20 ft from the abode. there is info out that truthfully says that downspout drains reason ninety% of the moist and moisture complications in basements. verify also and be conscious once you've sufficient type of downspouts. Too few, will reason the gutter to overflow and heavy flows of water will run down and flood out the interior drain gadget for the footer which connects to the sump pump.

Answer 3

There are two reasons why water cannot seep to the middle of the Earth. The first, as many have pointed out, is that the center of the Earth is so hot that any water would have boiled off long before it got there. Secondly, the center of the Earth is made up of various metals, such as nickel and iron, and these sink in water.

Answer 4

Lots of complexities in this question. First, the water can't go down into the area where the temperatures are above it's boiling point without being converted to steam. But also, rocks vary a lot in how porous they are. Some let the water through almost like a sponge, while others (for example granite) are pretty resistant to water passage. Water goes where it can, so underground streams and rivers form where it's not too hot yet (as is become in the mantle) but where the rocks have let it leak through and form channels. If you drill into the underground water, it will well up.

Answer 5

In some places, the rocks of the earth are porous enough, (and a pore can be micrometres) to allow water to filter slowly down under the influence of gravity. We know this as the water table, which may be hundreds of metres down.
However, water cannot (as the liquid we are familiar with) descend indefinately. The porous rock it travels through is subject to pressure from the weight of the rock above. This causes rock to become squeezed until it is impermeable - a solid bedrock through which water cannot pass.

In places where there is geothermal activity, water in the rocks is subject to intense heat and becomes a superheated fluid that dissolves rock and minerals, rising back up towards the surface where it cools and deposits the dissolved minerals. We can see evidence of this in veins of gold.

Water does however manage to reach the depths of the earth's interior (but only a few kilometres down), but it is hitching a ride on a subducting plate. Subduction is where dense ocean crust is slowly moved below less dense continental crust according to the theory of plate tectonics. As it descends, it carries with it water locked up in deep silt, or locked up in the rock itself. Many rocks are composed of water molecules among other compounds, and as the plate descends it is subjected to tremendous pressures and temperatures.
This has to be released, and it does so exceedingly violently. The volcanoes that make up the Andes Mountains, and much of the Pacific Rim are caused by the superheated volatiles, including water, spouting back up through the crust from the subducting plates kilometres down. Like a pot blowing off its lid when boiled too long, the water, volatiles and molten crust blow through forming volcanoes, mountains and continental crust.

Answer 6

The water does seep into the earth and as it gets deeper it is heated by the rocks and eventually turns to water vapor, which then rises and escapes to the surface.

If the water reaches its critical point, it becomes a supercritical fluid, which can dissolve minerals out of the rocks and transport them to the surface.

So there is a cycle of water in the crust of the earth.

Answer 7

The pressure inside the earth is very great, and acts to push the water that is there up. We get water from aquifers (underground water) simply by drilling down to them - the water comes to the surface under pressure.

An interesting question is how did the water get down in the first place?

Answer 8

Thats one I dont really know, but can guess at. I'd say there are a few reasons.
1. The water is always moving. - Tides etc.
2. There is a (I dont know how many) lot of miles of earth to seep through, and the farther the water seeps, the harder it gets to penetrate.
3. I cant think of a "3" at the mo. But sure someone else will.

Answer 9

a: Non porus layers of Rocks
b: Heat from earths core causes steam that goes up (go down a mine - Hot)
c: Rocks etc sink, so force the water upwards

Answer 10

the earth is supposed to be round.
and the gravitational forces are in the inside of the earth, which holds everything together, and also including the seas, oceans, countries..
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