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hydrologic cycle

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hydrologic cycle

Cycle that involves the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-atmosphere system. Water is transferred from the oceans through the atmosphere to the continents and back to the oceans by means of evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, interception, infiltration, subterranean percolation, overland flow, runoff, and other complex processes. Although the total amount of water within the cycle remains essentially constant, its distribution among the various processes is continually changing.


hydrologic cycle [¦hī·drə¦läj·ik ′sī·kəl]
(hydrology)
The complete cycle through which water passes, from the oceans, through the atmosphere, to the land, and back to the ocean. Also known as water cycle.


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Such models can represent the hydrologic cycle at the landatmosphere interface and track the movement of water and energy between the soil, vegetation, and atmosphere.
The gradual disruption of the Everglades' hydrologic cycle started in 1882 with the "canalization" of the Caloosahatchee River to connect Lake Okeechobee directly with the Gulf of Mexico to the west Then, in the early 1900s, four additional canals were excavated across the Everglades itself to connect Lake Okeechobee directly with the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
 
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