Water Cycle

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030035",
  "term": "Water Cycle",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The process, also known as the hydrologic cycle, in which water travels in a sequence from the air through condensation to the earth as precipitation and back to the atmosphere by evaporation.\n\n2. The cycle of water in the hydraulic fracturing process, encompassing the acquisition of water, chemical mixing of the fracturing fluid, injection of the fluid into the formation, the production and management of flowback and produced water, and the ultimate treatment and disposal of hydraulic fracturing wastewaters.\n\n3. The circuit of water movement from the oceans to the atmosphere and to the Earth and return to the atmosphere through various stages or processes such as precipitation, interception, runoff, infiltration, percolation, storage, evaporation, and transportation.\n\n4. The capture, storage, and redistribution of precipitation.\n\n5. The process of evaporation, vertical and horizontal transport of vapor, condensation, precipitation, and the flow of water from continents to oceans. It is a major factor in determining climate through its influence on surface vegetation, the clouds, snow and ice, and soil moisture. The hydrologic cycle is responsible for 25 to 30 percent of the mid-latitudes' heat transport from the equatorial to polar regions.\n\n6. The description of the transport of water substance between the earth, the atmosphere, and the seas. or In hydrologic terms, the natural pathway water follows as it changes between liquid, solid, and gaseous states.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "Glossary: Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources",
    "USGS Water Science Glossary of Terms",
    "DOI Bureau of Land Management Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health Glossary at http://www.blm.gov/nstc/library/pdf/1734-6.pdf",
    "Glossary of Climate Change Terms",
    "NOAA National Weather Service Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/water-cycle/"
}