Can anyone describe the 4 stages in a water cycle?
1 Answer
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.
