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The diagram describes how bricks are manufactured for the building industry.

Overall, there are 7 main stages in the process of manufacturing bricks,


beginning with digging up the clay and ending with delivery of the bricks to the
customers.
Firstly, clay is dug up by using a big digger. Then, clay is placed on a metal grid
and small pieces drop onto a large roller. At the third stage, sand and water are
added to the clay. After the bricks are shaped by using a wire cutter or a mould,
they are moved to a drying oven for 24 to 48 hours.
The process continues with burning the bricks in a special kiln at a moderate
temperature about 200oC – 980oC. Afterwards, they continue to be heated for
the second time at a higher temperature about 870oC – 1300oC in another kiln.
Before being packaged at the sixth stage, the bricks are treated in a cooling
chamber for 48 to 72 hours. The process finishes with delivering the entire
bricks to the customers.
The chart below illustrates the circulation of water in nature, which is the
continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.
Overall, it is clear that there are 3 main steps in this process. Ocean water
evaporates, falls as rain or snow, and then goes back into the ocean.
At the first stage of the process, as a result of the sun’s heat, water from ocean
evaporates into the air. It is estimated that about 80% of total water vapour in air
comes from the ocean. Afterwards, a cloud is form by the condensation of water
vapour. At the next stage, water from the clouds falls as rain or snow.
At the third stage in the cycle, rainwater may take various paths. Some of it may
fall into lakes or be absorbed into the ground, become groundwater.
The surface runoff which is made from rainwater flows back to the ocean
without reaching the impervious layer. The process finishes with the salt water
intrusion.

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