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The Water Cycle                                                                                                                                                                    

 

     

                         

                                                                                  

 

                                       

 

   Hello, thisis a web page about the water cycle. In this page you will find informationabout the water cycle. Here are some facts that you might remember.

 

                        

                                        Evaporation:

             A process by which a liquid changes into agas.

 

 

                                        Condensation:

 

                   A process by whicha gas a changes into a liquid.

 

                                    

                                          Precipitation:

 

Any form of water that falls from clouds, such as rain, snow,sleet, or hail.

 

                                          Transpiration:

    Processby which plants give off water through their stomata.

 

 

Here are some links about the Water Cycle.

 

ThristinÕswater cycle

 

Water GoesAround

 

WaterCycle

   

Here are some cool facts about the water cycle:

 

v          The WaterCycle is also known as the Hydrologic Cycle.

v          TheSovarradiation drives the water cycle.

v          The WaterCycle has no begging or ending.

v          The amountof water stored in different parts of the water cycle ranges up to 1.37 billiongallons.

v          Thetransport of water is 505.000 km. of water each year.

v          There isabout the same amount of water on Earth now that there was when the dinosaursroomed our planet.

v          Manyplaces have lots of water and others have very little.

v          The WaterCycle is controlled by the sun.

v          The WaterCycle has been here more for than a billion years.

v          The WaterCycle is transferring of water from the earthÕs surface to the atmosphere andback.

v          Seas,oceans, lakes, and rivers cover up 75% of the EarthÕs surface

v          Most freshwater is frozen in the polar ice caps and in the glaciers.

v          Only 15%of water is available for living organisms

 

 

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