Process
The Hydrologic Cycle
Also Known As The Water Cycle
Hydrology
A biogeochemical cycle that involves the continuous change in form of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth across different reservoirs. Evaporation lifts water into the atmosphere, condensation gathers it into clouds, and precipitation, rain, snow, hail and sleet, returns it to the surface, powered throughout by solar energy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
TimescaleContinuous, days for atmospheric water to thousands of years for deep groundwater 1 Driving ForceSolar energy, which evaporates water from the ocean and land surface, and gravity, which returns precipitation to the surface and drives its flow back to the sea. 1 Resulting FeatureContinuously moves water among the ocean, atmosphere, land surface, groundwater and ice, connecting evaporation, condensation, precipitation and runoff. 1 SignificanceThe hydrologic cycle supplies the fresh water on which all terrestrial life and agriculture depend, and its intensification is a major expected consequence of climate change. 1 Driving Force
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Associated With
Groundwater is the subsurface leg of the hydrologic cycle that hydrogeology studies in detail.
Source Hydrogeology (Wikipedia)
Lakes and inland waters limnology studies are reservoirs within the hydrologic cycle.
Source Limnology (Wikipedia)
The water cycle is a sibling among Earth's major biogeochemical cycles.
Source Carbon Cycle (Wikipedia)
Causes
Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (Evaporation); earth5 pass cause judgment: The Hydrologic Cycle.
Source Evaporation (Wikipedia)
Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (Flood); earth5 pass cause judgment: The Hydrologic Cycle.
Source Flood (Wikipedia)
In Discipline
Source Water Cycle (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Water Cycle (Wikipedia)
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is a biogeochemical cycle that involves the continuous change in form of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth across different reservoirs.
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