milkytrizzle93
milkytrizzle93 t1_j6ez51e wrote
Reply to comment by Saint_D420 in Eli5....can you dig a well anywhere and hit water...and how did the early ranchers in the West know where to dig for water. Especially in the really dry areas? by pinkshrinkrn
The comment I replied to was (jokingly) insinuating you could take water from the ocean on the other side of the planet. I understand ground water is plentiful
milkytrizzle93 t1_j6eyxdr wrote
Reply to comment by fox-mcleod in Eli5....can you dig a well anywhere and hit water...and how did the early ranchers in the West know where to dig for water. Especially in the really dry areas? by pinkshrinkrn
I'm autistic, I heavily rely on the /s lol
milkytrizzle93 t1_j6eyid8 wrote
Reply to comment by fox-mcleod in Eli5....can you dig a well anywhere and hit water...and how did the early ranchers in the West know where to dig for water. Especially in the really dry areas? by pinkshrinkrn
You realise that Earth's oceans simply sit on top of the planet? The whole planet isn't made of water with land floating on top of it. If you dig down through the earth, unless you're on top of a cave system or underground reservoir you will keep digging through solid material until you reach the mantle. At that point you would be long dead from heat exposure from the core of the planet which is a molten hot compressed ball of iron
milkytrizzle93 t1_j6fbute wrote
Reply to comment by legendofthegreendude in Eli5....can you dig a well anywhere and hit water...and how did the early ranchers in the West know where to dig for water. Especially in the really dry areas? by pinkshrinkrn
You'd definitely be well supplied with water