The diagram below shows the water cycle in both forested and urban areas. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The diagram illustrates and compares the process of the

water

cycle between forested and urban areas.

Overall

, it consists of six stages, two of which are happening underground and four overground.

Moreover

, those in the urban environment are far more polluted and reduced in quantity. The cycle starts. when the rainfall,

also

known as the process of precipitation, is absorbed by the plants and trees to the topsoil where it ends up

into

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subsoil

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layer, where the

water

table is located.

This

process of permeating is called infiltration.

However

, it is reduced in the urban, because of the settlement, which decreases the amount of natural soil areas.

Moreover

, the absorbed

water

naturally flows through the baseflow to the

water

areas. Despite the

water

underground, some of the

water

stays on service and flows to the runoff,

however

, the

water

travelling through the town is polluted and causes the amount of erosion.

In contrast

, some of the

water

gets evaporation or transpirated through the foliage back

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the air. Again, all these processes are reduced in the urban environment,

however

, the first stage of precipitation remains the same.