Flows within the water cycle

1. The total amount of moisture removed by evaporation and transpiration from a vegetated land surface. (18)
5. The melting of the ice, mainly during summer months, and usually at the snout of a glacier. (8)
6. The process by which droplets of water or ice are formed when water vapour is cooled to dew point. (12)
7. All the water which enters a river and flows out of the drainage basin. (6)
8. The passage of water into the soil. Water is drawn into the soil by gravity and capillary action. (12)
10. Water that collects underground in the pore spaces in the soil and rock. (11)

2. The downward vertical movement of water within a soil. (11)
3. Water in any form which falls from the atmosphere to the surface of the earth, including rainfall, snow, sleet, and hail. (13)
4. The process by which water is lost from a plant through the stomata in its leaves. (13)
9. When the outcome of rainfall intensity on a slope is greater than the rate at which water can infiltrate into the soil, a thin layer of water forms on the surface and it begins to move down slope under gravity. (7, 6)

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