Hydrological cycle

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Evaporation

The process that changes liquid to water vapour

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Condensation

the process of which water vapor turns into water droplets

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Precipitation

the process of where water from the atmosphere falls to the earth’s surface like rain , snow, hail, etc

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Transpiration

The process of where water evaporates into the atmosphere through plants like leaves of a tree.

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Infiltration

When water soaks in soil and moves into pores and the cracks of rocks or into the ground

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Interception

When precipitation reaches the surface in vegetated areas, a certain percentage of it is intercepted by the vegetation

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Percolation

The movement of water through soil

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Surface Runoff / Overland Flow

the flow of water over a land's surface

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Throughflow

the horizontal movement of water through soil layers

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Groundwater Flow

The movement of water through subsurface layers of soil and rock within the earth's groundwater system

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Through Fall

when precipitation  falls through vegetation

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Surface Storage

A temporary body of water such as ponds, lakes or reservoirs

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Soil Moisture

the water held within the pores of soil

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Groundwater

the water stored beneath the earth's surface