Water Cycle

when water trickles along twigs and branches and then down the trunk of the plant.

• Stem Flow
• Percolation
• Hydrospere
• Convectional Rainfall

when the rainfall persists or is particularly intense and water drops from the leaves

• Throughfall
• Stem Flow
• Percolation
• Hydrospere

Water inputs to the drainage basin system as rain

• Precipitation
• Throughfall
• Stem Flow
• Percolation

Water leaves the system and turns into vapour in the atmosphere

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Throughfall
• Stem Flow

water is passed out through the leaves of plants and trees.

• Transpiration
• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Throughfall

water flows off the surface of the land when the ground is saturated or impermeable.

• Surface Runoff
• Transpiration
• Evaporation
• Precipitation

rain formed when moist air is forced to rise over high land areas.

• Orographic (Relief) Rainfall
• Surface Runoff
• Transpiration
• Evaporation

water flowing off the land in rivers

• Channel Flow
• Orographic (Relief) Rainfall
• Surface Runoff
• Transpiration

The balance between precipitation

• Water Budget
• Channel Flow
• Orographic (Relief) Rainfall
• Surface Runoff

water can be held in puddles

• Stores
• Water Budget
• Channel Flow
• Orographic (Relief) Rainfall