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The Water Cycle

5. Transportation

5. Transportation

4. Condensation
6. Precipitation

7. Deposition
4. Condensation
6. Precipitation 9. Snowmelt
3. Sublimation Runoff

2. Transpiration
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1. Evaporation
CMY

1. Evaporation
9. Surface Flow
9. Surface Flow

8. Infiltration
10. Plant Uptake
8. Percolation
9. Groundwater Flow
1. Evaporation is the 2. Transpiration is evap- 3. Sublimation is the 4. Condensation is the 5. Transportation is the 6. Precipitation is water 7. Deposition is the 8. Infiltration is the 9. Surface flow is the river, 10. Plant uptake is water
change of state of water oration of liquid water process where ice and process where water movement of solid, that falls to the earth. reverse of sublimation. movement of water lake, and stream taken from the
(a liquid) to water vapor from plants and trees snow (a solid) changes vapor (a gas) changes liquid and gaseous Most precipitation falls Water vapor (a gas) into the ground from transport of water to the groundwater flow and
(a gas). On average, into the atmosphere. into water vapor (a gas) into water droplets water through the as rain but includes changes into ice (a the surface. oceans. Groundwater is soil moisture. Only 1%
about 47 inches (120 Nearly all (99%) of all without moving through (a liquid). This is when atmosphere. Without snow, sleet, drizzle, and solid) without going Percolation is the flow of water under- of water the plant
cm) is evaporated into water that enters the the liquid phase. we begin to see clouds. this movement, the hail. On average, about through the liquid movement of water ground in aquifers. The draws up is used by
the atmosphere from roots transpires into the water evaporated over 39 inches (980 mm) of phase. This is most past the soil going water may return to the the plant. The
the ocean each year. atmosphere. the ocean would not rain, snow and sleet often seen on clear, cold deep into the surface in springs or remaining 99% is
precipitate over land. fall each year around nights when frost groundwater. eventually seep into the passed back into the
www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream the world. forms on the ground. oceans. atmosphere.