The diagram shows the water cycle, which is the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The illustration provides the

water

cycle that moves continuously on, above, and under the

surface

of the Earth.

Overall

, it consists of a circular process from the

ocean

, to the stratosphere, to the planet's

surface

, and

then

back to the

ocean

.

To begin

with, the

water

from the

ocean

evaporates into the sky with the help of the sun. The evaporated

water

vapour

then

condenses in the air and

subsequently

forms clouds that contain

water

vapour from the previous process. Those clouds will eventually change their forms to

water

through a stage called precipitation and soak the land with rain. After that, the pouring rain will be received by the Earth's

surface

to create lakes and diminish the

surface

level from regions covered with snow. During the rain,

besides

the

surface

runoff from regions covered with snow, the trees

also

absorb the

water

and create a stream of

water

beneath the ground called groundwater. The groundwater

then

enters the sea after a process called saltwater intrusion just before the

ocean

.