the global hydrological cycle

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Residena time

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transpiration

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Groundwarv

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FIOW

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Condensation

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Throoghflow

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Percolation

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Channel flow

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Channel storage

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surface rm-off

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Interceptim

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Grobal water

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Budget

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Infiltration

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Stores

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Fluxes

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Bluewater

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Greenwater.

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The movement of water in any form from the atmosphere to the ground

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precipitation

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The change in state of water from a liquid to a gas.

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evaporation

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The average time a water molecule will spend in a reservoir or store.

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The diffusion of water from vegetation into the atmosphere

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involving a change from a liquid to a gas.

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The slow transfer of percolated water underground through pervious

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or porous rocks.

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The change from a gas to a liquid

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such as when water vapour

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changes into water droplets.

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The lateral transfer of water down slope through the soil.

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The transfer of water from the surface into the bedrock beneath.

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The combined effect of evaporation and transpiration.

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evapotranspiration

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The flow of water in rivers or streams.

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The storage of water in rivers or streams.

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A permeable or porous rock which stores water.

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aquifer

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Water flowing over the surface of the ground after precipitation

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snowmelt or throughflow reaching the surface.

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The process by which raindrops are prevented from falling directly

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onto the ground by the leaves

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branches and twigs of vegetation.

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The amount of water transferred and stored in the Earth’s

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hydrological cycle each year

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including fluxes (water flows) and the

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volume of the water stores (oceans

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atmosphere

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cryopshere

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groundwater and surface water).

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The movement of water vertically downwards through the spaces

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(pores) in the soil.

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Stocks of water

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places where the water is held. For example

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oceans.

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The measurement of the rate of flow between the stores.

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Water stored in lakes

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rivers

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(the visible part of the hydrological cycle).

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Water stored in the soil and vegetation (the invisible part of the

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hydrological cycle).