Republic of the Philippines

CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY

Don Severino delas Alas Campus
Indang, Cavite

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

ABEN 70a
BASIC FARM MACHINERIES, MECHANIZATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT

Name: Student Number:

Course, Year and Section: Date:

Laboratory Exercise No. 2

Hydrologic Cycle

I. OBJECTIVES
After this laboratory exercise, the student will be able to:
a. explain the concept of the hydrologic cycle,
b. apply the concept of the hydrologic cycle in a watershed approach; and
c. explain the factors that can affect the volume of water cycled in the hydrologic
cycle.

II. INSTRUCTIONS
1. Identify which major watershed your current residence is located here in Cavite.
Refer to the list below. To help you, you can open Google Maps in your phone,
and look for the general position of your residence then refer to Figure 1.
• Bacoor River Watershed: Bacoor, Imus, Dasmarinas
• Imus River Watershed: Kawit, Imus, Dasmarinas, Silang.
• San Juan River Watershed: Noveleta, General Trias, Dasmarinas, Silang.
• Cañas River Watershed: Tanza, Trece Martires, General Trias, Amadeo,
Silang,
• Labac River Watershed: Naic, Indang, Mendez, Tagaytay
• Maragondon River Watershed: Maragondon, Magallanes, GEA, Alfonso,
Indang

*If your place of residence is outside of the watersheds identified, you may
simply choose a watershed of your choice in the list above.

2. Referring again to Figure 1 below, identify bodies of water in your chosen watershed
such as river systems, lakes/ ponds, sea, etc. You can use a satellite view in Google
Maps (map type) for clearer identification.

3. List notable locations in your watershed such as industrial parks, farms,

subdivisions, mountains, etc that you think may affect the hydrologic cycle of the
chosen watershed.

4. In an A4 sized bond paper, draw the hydrologic cycle based on your watershed
showing the notable bodies of water and other places that can affect the transport
of water identified in step 3.

ABEN 70a – Laboratory Exercise No. 2

 • Your illustration shall show the following processes: evaporation,
condensation, precipitation, runoff, evapotranspiration, groundwater flow.

5. Research for related literatures and answer the following guide questions.

Figure 1. Cavite Major River Watershed (Sedigo, 2017)

III. GUIDE QUESTIONS

1. Explain the relationship between weather and the hydrologic cycle.
2. Explain how water changes its state throughout the water cycle.
3. What is the function of a watershed?
4. Explain the effects of your identified notable locations in the watershed to the
volume of water cycled through the hydrologic cycle.

IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION

1. Format: A4; Arial; size 11; justified; in pdf file.
2. File name format: <section-surname-L2>

V. DOCUMENTATION

VI. REFERENCES

ABEN 70a – Laboratory Exercise No. 2