The Global
Hydrolgoic Cycle: Components
The hydrologic cycle describes the movements
of water through the Earth System in all of its various forms.
Its components include:
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liquid water (oceans, streams,
rivers, lakes, clouds, biota, rainfall),
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water vapor (from evaporation
of any liquid water component), and
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solid ice (snow, ice caps, glaciers).
The image here summarizes
the basic elements of the cycle (in a non-freezing environment).
Much of the energy which is transported by the equator
to pole in the Hadley Cell is in its "latent" form. That is, the energy
is stored as water vapor and is released when the water vapor condenses
or as it is frozen.
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