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    The document summarizes the hydrosphere and water cycle. It states that the hydrosphere includes all water on or near Earth's surface, with 70% of the planet covered in water. Most (97.2%) of Earth's water is in the oceans. Of the remaining freshwater, most is frozen in glaciers and ice caps (2.15%) or underground as groundwater (0.62%). The water cycle describes the constant movement of water among oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things, including the processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, accumulation, and transpiration.

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    The document summarizes the hydrosphere and water cycle. It states that the hydrosphere includes all water on or near Earth's surface, with 70% of the planet covered in water. Most (97.2%) of Earth's water is in the oceans. Of the remaining freshwater, most is frozen in glaciers and ice caps (2.15%) or underground as groundwater (0.62%). The water cycle describes the constant movement of water among oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things, including the processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, accumulation, and transpiration.

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    The document summarizes the hydrosphere and water cycle. It states that the hydrosphere includes all water on or near Earth's surface, with 70% of the planet covered in water. Most (97.2%) of Earth's water is in the oceans. Of the remaining freshwater, most is frozen in glaciers and ice caps (2.15%) or underground as groundwater (0.62%). The water cycle describes the constant movement of water among oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things, including the processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, accumulation, and transpiration.

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    The document summarizes the hydrosphere and water cycle. It states that the hydrosphere includes all water on or near Earth's surface, with 70% of the planet covered in water. Most (97.2%) of Earth's water is in the oceans. Of the remaining freshwater, most is frozen in glaciers and ice caps (2.15%) or underground as groundwater (0.62%). The water cycle describes the constant movement of water among oceans, atmosphere, land, and living things, including the processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, accumulation, and transpiration.

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    HYDROSPHERE, FRESH WATER

    DISTRIBUTION & WATER CYCLE


    NAME: SYED ADNAN UL HASSAN
    SEAT NO: 41
    YEAR: 2ND YEAR 4TH SEMESTER
    DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
    UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI

    COURSE HEAD : DR.KAUSAR REHMAN KHAN


    The Hydrosphere

     The hydrosphere includes all water


    on or near the Earth’s surface
     This includes water in the oceans,
    lakes, rivers, wetlands, polar ice caps,
    soil, rock layers beneath Earth’s
    surface, and clouds
     70% of the Earth’s surface is covered
    in water
    The Earth’s Water

     97.2% of all of the water on Earth is found in the oceans


     Due to the salt content of ocean water, we are unable to use it
     Salt water can be cleaned by a process known as desalination
     This leaves only 2.8% of the Earth’s water as freshwater
     Only 0.8% of which is drinkable
    Freshwater Distribution

     The 2.8% of freshwater is divided into:


     Glaciers and Ice Caps = 2.15%
     Groundwater = 0.62%
     Surface Water = 0.03%
    Surface Water Distribution

     The 0.03% of surface water is divided into:


     Lakes = 0.017%
     Soil = 0.005%
     Atmosphere = 0.001%
     This refers to water vapor in the air
     Streams = 0.0001%
     The previous percentages referred to all the world’s
    water but it can be adjusted to reflect percentages
    based on a 100% scale
    The Water Cycle

     Water constantly moves


    among the oceans, the
    atmosphere, the solid
    Earth, and the biosphere.
    This unending circulation
    of Earth’s water supply is
    the water cycle
    Steps of the Water Cycle

    Accumulation
     _____________________ – the process in which water pools in
    large bodies (like oceans, seas and lakes)
    Condensation
     _____________________ – the process in which water vapor (a
    gas) in the air turns into liquid water
     Process by which water forms clouds in the sky
     Process by which water drops form on the outside of a glass of icy
    water on a hot day
     _____________________
    Evaporation – the process in which liquid water
    becomes water vapor (a gas)
     Water vaporizes from the surfaces of oceans and lakes, from the
    surface of the land, and from melts in snow fields
    Steps of the Water Cycle

    Precipitation
     _____________________ – the process in which water (in the
    form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail) falls from clouds in the sky
    Runoff
     _____________________ – the draining away of water (or
    substances carried in it) from the surface of an area
    Transpiration
     _____________________ – the process in which some water
    within plants evaporates into the atmosphere
     Water is first absorbed by the plant's roots, then later exits by
    evaporating through pores in the plant.
    Condensation Condensation
    Precipitation

    Transpiration
    Runoff Evaporation

    Accumulation

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