Where does more evaporation occur, from the oceans or from the land?

1 Answer
Jul 22, 2016

The oceans, by a large margin.

Explanation:

Most of the Earth's surface is covered by the oceans, and in the oceans -- unlike on land -- all the surface area is covered by water and available for water evaporation.

The water can return as rain or snow on land as well as in the oceans, so evaporation ultimaty causes a net flow of water from oceans to land. This is balanced by the flow of rivers back to the oceans. See http://www.kidzone.ws/water/.