The water cycle (article) | Ecology | Khan Academy
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OverviewKey pointsWater: Why does it matter?The water cycleThe water cycle drives other cycles.The water cycle, or hydrologic cycle, is driven by the Sun’s energy. The sun warms the ocean s…Over time, water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into clouds and eventually falls as precipitation, rain or snow. When precipitation reaches Earth's surface, it has a few options: it may evaporate again, flow over the surface, infiltrate into the soil, or percolate—sink down—into the …In land-based, or terrestrial, ecosystems in their natural state, rain usually hits the leaves and ot…In general, water moves along the surface as runoff only when the soil is saturated with water, when rain is falling very hard, or when the surface can't absorb much water. A non-absorbent surface could be rock in a natural ecosystem or asphalt or cement in an urban or suburban eco…See more on khanacademy.orgExpand your search The water cycle, or hydrologic cycle, is driven by the Sun’s energy. The sun warms the ocean s…Over time, water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into clouds and eventually falls as precipitation, rain or snow. When precipitation reaches Earth's surface, it has a few options: it may evaporate again, flow over the surface, infiltrate into the soil, or percolate—sink down—into the … In land-based, or terrestrial, ecosystems in their natural state, rain usually hits the leaves and ot…In general, water moves along the surface as runoff only when the soil is saturated with water, when rain is falling very hard, or when the surface can't absorb much water. A non-absorbent surface could be rock in a natural ecosystem or asphalt or cement in an urban or suburban eco…
The water cycle, or hydrologic cycle, is driven by the Sun’s energy. The sun warms the ocean s…Over time, water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into clouds and eventually falls as precipitation, rain or snow. When precipitation reaches Earth's surface, it has a few options: it may evaporate again, flow over the surface, infiltrate into the soil, or percolate—sink down—into the …
In land-based, or terrestrial, ecosystems in their natural state, rain usually hits the leaves and ot…In general, water moves along the surface as runoff only when the soil is saturated with water, when rain is falling very hard, or when the surface can't absorb much water. A non-absorbent surface could be rock in a natural ecosystem or asphalt or cement in an urban or suburban eco…
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