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Water Cycle

The water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. Water can transition between liquid, solid, and gas states as it moves through the cycle by processes such as precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, sublimation, and runoff. This cycling of water has occurred for billions of years, and all the water on Earth today has been recycled many times over through the water cycle.

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Water Cycle

The water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. Water can transition between liquid, solid, and gas states as it moves through the cycle by processes such as precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, condensation, sublimation, and runoff. This cycling of water has occurred for billions of years, and all the water on Earth today has been recycled many times over through the water cycle.

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WATER CYCLE

INTRO:
•The water in our glass may have fallen from the sky as rain just last week but the water
itself has been around pretty much as long as the earth has.

•When the first fish crawled out of the ocean onto the land, our glass of water was part of
that ocean.

•When the Brontosaurus walked through lakes feeding on  plants, your glass of water
was part of those lakes.  

•When kings and princesses, knights and squires took a drink from their wells, your
glass of water was part of those wells.
Definition
Different Processes

 Precipitation
 Condensed water vapor that falls to the Earth's surface . Most precipitation occurs as rain
, but also includes snow, hail, fog drip, graupel, and sleet.[1] Approximately 505,000 km3
(121,000 cu mi) of water fall as precipitation each year, 398,000 km3 (95,000 cu mi) of it
over the oceans.[2]
 Canopy interception
 The precipitation that is intercepted by plant foliage and eventually evaporates back to
the atmosphere rather than falling to the ground.
 Snowmelt
 The runoff produced by melting snow.
 Runoff
 The variety of ways by which water moves across the land. This includes both 
surface runoff and channel runoff. As it flows, the water may seep into the ground,
evaporate into the air, become stored in lakes or reservoirs, or be extracted for
agricultural or other human uses.
 Infiltration
 The flow of water from the ground surface into the ground. Once infiltrated, the water
becomes soil moisture or groundwater.[3]
 Subsurface Flow
 The flow of water underground, in the vadose zone and aquifers. Subsurface water may return to the surface
(e.g. as a spring or by being pumped) or eventually seep into the oceans. Water returns to the land surface at
lower elevation than where it infiltrated, under the force of gravity or gravity induced pressures. Groundwater
tends to move slowly, and is replenished slowly, so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years.
 Evaporation
 The transformation of water from liquid to gas phases as it moves from the ground or bodies of water into the
overlying atmosphere.[4] The source of energy for evaporation is primarilysolar radiation. Evaporation often
implicitly includes transpiration from plants, though together they are specifically referred to as 
evapotranspiration. Total annual evapotranspiration amounts to approximately 505,000 km3 (121,000 cu mi) of
water, 434,000 km3 (104,000 cu mi) of which evaporates from the oceans.[2]
 Sublimation
 The state change directly from solid water (snow or ice) to water vapor.[5]
 Advection
 The movement of water — in solid, liquid, or vapor states — through the atmosphere. Without advection, water
that evaporated over the oceans could not precipitate over land.[6]
 Condensation
 The transformation of water vapor to liquid water droplets in the air, creating clouds and fog.[7]
 Transpiration
 The release of water vapor from plants and soil into the air. Water vapor is a gas that cannot be seen.
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