Water

Water, even when unseen in the landscape, is everywhere, and all-important. Water is never alone in the landscape; it is held and shaped by landform, which is revealed at the edges, banks and beaches. Vegetation depends upon the workings of the hydrologic cycle, as water moves through the landscape, often underground, and through the atmosphere, giving rise to weather and atmospheric effects including snow, fog, rainbows, and others. Water is sometimes still as glass, placidly reflecting the sky and landscape around it, sometimes barely rippling, giving sparkling glints of reflected sunlight to the scene, sometimes turbulent and tumultuous, as at the beach in a storm, or .... more...