Flows within the water cycle

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Clues

  • The passage of water into the soil. Water is drawn into the soil by gravity and capillary action. (12)
  • The process by which droplets of water or ice are formed when water vapour is cooled to dew point. (12)
  • The process by which liquid water is transformed into water vapour, which is a gas. (11)
  • The process by which raindrops are prevented from falling directly on to the soil surface by the presence of a layer of vegetation. (12)
  • The process by which water is lost from a plant through the stomata in its leaves. (13)
  • The total amount of moisture removed by evaporation and transpiration from a vegetated land surface. (18)
  • Water in any form which falls from the atmosphere to the surface of the earth, including rainfall, snow, sleet, and hail. (13)
  • When all pore spaces are filled, the rock or soil is said to be saturated. The water is then transferred slowly through and rock and into the bed of the river. (11, 4)
  • When ice sheets, glaciers, and snow fields release water by the direct change of state from a solid to a gas, without passing through the liquid stage. (13)
  • 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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