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hydrologic cycle

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hydrologic cycle
n.

hydrologic cycle  (hdr-ljk)
The continuous process by which water is circulated throughout the Earth and its atmosphere. The Earth's water enters the atmosphere through evaporation from bodies of water and from ground surfaces. Plants and animals also add water vapor to the air by transpiration. As it rises into the atmosphere, the water vapor condenses to form clouds. Rain and other forms of precipitation return it to the Earth, where it flows into bodies of water and into the ground, beginning the cycle again. Also called water cycle.
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hydrologic cycle
Water that evaporates from the Earth's surface forms clouds and returns to the Earth as rain or snow.


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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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