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Hydrosphere | All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans |
Aquifer | A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater. |
water cycle | The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation |
Infiltration | The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil |
Precipitation | rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. |
Evaporation | when water changes from a liquid to a gas |
Condensation | A change of state from a gas to a liquid due to a cooling or compression. |
surface water | Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff. |
Transpiration | the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants |
run off | the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc. |
glacier | a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles. |