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Water is a huge part in Basgo because it transforms to other forms quickly and easily.To make the water transform from one form into another the temperature just needs to change a little bit. When the water is a solid it can’t move to other places easily. When a lake is frozen you can’t see the movement of the water below. The only way the water can carry through the air is if it transforms into water vapor. If the water wants to move along in a water source it could go underground, but can only go underground if it is in a liquid form. The water while flowing down or up stream can carry particles but often the particles don’t make the full trip. Most rain water goes underground by dripping off the leaves and onto the roots and moss of the trees absorb the water. The underground water takes longer to reach the ocean than water that remains on the surface. In rivers, streams, and lakes the water travels to the ocean quickly where it mixes with salty water. The amount of water flow depends on the seasons. The Gulf of Maine is unhealthy and filthy because of the way we are treating the land onshore. Our decisions are making the sea become more polluted as that pollution goes out of our rivers. People on the beaches are having to risk becoming ill. The way people are getting sick is from the garbage being dumped into the ocean and then those pollutants wash towards the shore. Then the water becomes dangerous to swim in and can cause red tide. The fishermen are no longer able to fish for clams in places because they have the risk of making people sick. Thousands of salmon have died from the polluted water. Today, many of the salmon are dying from the pollutants we are producing on land. The numbers of sandpipers and puffins has drastically dropped in recent years, as well. The salt marshes and mudflats are being destroyed by land development and toxins in the water. Source://50 Ways to Save the Gulf of Maine// (2000)//,// Jon Percy, Sea Pen Communications, Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia.