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Water cycle

Evaporation Condensation
The water cycle begins with
The next stage in the water
evaporation. Evaporation
cycle is condensation.
occurs when the sun heats
During this phase, the
the surface of the waters of
water vapor that has risen
rivers, lakes, lagoons, seas
to the atmosphere thanks
and oceans
to evaporation

Precipitation Infiltration
Precipitation is the third The fourth stage of the water
step in the water cycle. It cycle is infiltration.
occurs when condensed Infiltration is known as the
water from the atmosphere process in which the water
descends to the surface in that has fallen on the earth's
the form of small drops surface as a result of rainfall
penetrates the ground

runoff
Runoff is the final stage of the water cycle. This
phase includes the movement of water through
the surface, thanks to the slopes and accidents
of the terrain, to enter again in the rivers, lakes,
lagoons, seas and oceans, which constitutes the
return to the beginning of the cycle.

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