Can anyone describe the 4 stages in a water cycle?

1 Answer
Nov 2, 2017

Ice caps and glaciers (storage of water), streams and rivers (dynamic water flow or runoff), evapotranspiration (water vapor formation), precipitation (any type of rain or snow)

Explanation:

Storage: dams, ice caps, glaciers, and groundwaters that store water in the form of liquid or solid.

Streams and rives: dynamic water movement. Water source is a spring connected to a groundwater aquifer or melting ice. It is liquid phase, water run pretty fast (nearly 1 foot per second on average under conventional conditions (not during floods or wet events)).

Evapotranspiration: From lakes, rivers, land cover, etc. water is vaporized via solar energy. It means liquid water becomes water vapor.

Precipitation: Rain or snow. Water vapor becomes liquid and hits oceans and land to feed streams, oceans/seas, groundwater, lakes, mountain ice caps, etc.