The water cycle is the continuous journey of water from oceans and lakes, to clouds, to rain, to streams, to rivers and back into the ocean again. When the sun shines, it causes water to warm up ...

Rain is pivotal to human society, impacting the weather and agriculture, as well as streams and rivers. The water cycle has been "extremely stable during … the past 11,700 years," but now "the ...

In the water cycle, water from lakes, rivers, and oceans evaporate and enter the atmosphere where it cools, condenses into liquid water, and comes back to Earth as rain. Students have been introduced ...

The water vapour rises into the air. Rain water runs over the land and collects in lakes or rivers, which take it back to the sea. The cycle starts all over again. Image caption, The water cycle ...