Name the important components of the water cycle.
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The most important are evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, surface runoff
More to know :-
1). Evaporation :- The phenomenon of change of liquid into vapours at any temperature below its boiling point is called evaporation
2). Condensation :- When a substance in a gaseous state gets converted into liquid state on cooling, for example, water vapour (gas) present in air gets condensed to water droplets (liquid) on coming in contact with cold surface such as walls of a tumbler containing ice, then the process is known as condensation.
3). Precipitation :- When the water vapour rises, they start cooling. The water vapour condenses causing formation of droplets of water. When these droplets become too heavy to float in air , then they come down as precipitation in the form of snow, rain and sleet.
4). Infiltration :- Infiltration may be defined as an act or process by which the water present on the surface of the ground penetrates or enters the soil.
5). Surface runoff :- Surface run off water is that in which excess water from rain or any other source does not percolate inside land because of various factors like saturation of soil or urbanization. Impact of this can be soil erosion or deposition of waste.
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