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The Water Cycle

Try to place where the proper water-cycle components go

Diagram of the natural water cycle

Here's a diagram of the natural water cycle ... with the words removed. An alphabetical list of the water-cycle terms is listed below the diagram. See if you can properly place the terms in the correct location (letter) on the diagram.

 When you're done, view the complete water-cycle diagram.

Diagram of the water cycle without the terms.


Water-cycle terms

You can print this page and write in the letter in the boxes next to the water-cycle terms and then check to see if you are correct.
 
[    ]  Condensation[    ]  Evaporation
[    ]  Evapotranspiration[    ]  Freshwater storage
[    ]  Ground-water discharge[    ]  Ground-water storage
[    ]  Infiltration[    ]  Precipitation
[    ]  Snowmelt runoff to streams[    ]  Spring
[    ]  Streamflow[    ]  Sublimation
[    ]  Surface runoff[    ]  Water storage in the atmosphere
[    ]  Water storage in ice and snow[    ]  Water storage in oceans

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