The Water Cycle
Precipitation is an extremely important factor of how water goes through the earth's water cycle, which flows through the ocean, land, and the atmosphere. Having knowledge of where it rains, the amount of rain and the qualitative data of the rain, snow and/or hail enables scientists and other researchers to better understand the importance of precipitation and the impact it has on streams, rivers, runoff water and groundwater. Accurate and frequent data allow scientists to make models and help them analyze changes in the water cycle.
The water cycle helps to report how water evaporates from the earth's surface, rises, cools and condenses into rain clouds, and falls back into the surface- this is known "precipitation". When the water falls to the earth, it is collected in rivers, lakes, soil, and rocks. A lot of the water flows back into the ocean and begins "evaporation" again. The cycling of water in the atmosphere is a very important characteristic of the earth's weather patterns. |
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