Sentences with phrase «evaporating out of the lake»

They compared the amount of water flowing into the lake from rivers, precipitation, and groundwater to the amount evaporating out of the lake; if the lake stayed the same size, the water in and out should balance.

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The mountains are made primarily of rock - hard water ice; the dunes are most likely ice granules coated with hydrocarbons; volcanoes probably belch methane and ammonia, and methane fills the lakes, evaporates to form clouds, and rains back down to carve out river channels.

According to the U.S. National Park Service and the Bureau of Reclamation, the amount of water flowing out of and evaporating from Lake Mead in recent years has consistently exceeded the amount of water flowing in.