HYDROLOGIC CYCLE

A simple summary of the water cycle is what I want to show and discuss to you, I know most of us doesn't have any idea what a hydro logic cycle is, and as a person we need to know about this not only for our own sake for gaining knowledge but on how our environment works and how to deal with it.. :)



The hydro logic cycle begins with the EVAPORATION of water from the surface of the ocean. As moist air is lifted, it cools and water vapor CONDENSES to form clouds. Moisture is TRANSPORTED around the globe until it returns to the surface as PRECIPITATION. 

Once the water reaches the ground, one of two processes may occur; 
1) some of the water may evaporate back into the atmosphere or 
2) the water may penetrate the surface and become GROUNDWATER. 

Groundwater either seeps its way to into the oceans, rivers, and streams, or is released back into the atmosphere through TRANSPIRATION. The balance of water that remains on the earth's surface is RUNOFF, which empties into lakes, rivers and streams and is carried back to the oceans, where the cycle begins again. http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/smry.rxml