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.

The two diagrams illustrate the differences between the

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cycle in forests and cities. Looking from an

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perspective, it is readily apparent that both cyclical natural illustrations have 6 main stages, beginning with evaporation and transpiration and culminating in runoff. First of all,

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starts to evaporate in forested areas ,and at the same time, the transpiration phase occurs.

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, after the condensation process, evaporated

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turns into precipitation and rains from the clouds. In the next stage, during the infiltration phase,

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undergoes permeable and less permeable soil layers, and

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, flows through baseflow which results in runoff. In terms of soil erosion in urban areas,

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, reduced evaporation and transpiration levels happen.

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, the purification of

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declines in cities which may bring about the baseflow reduction.

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, decreased amounts in the aforementioned stages lead to an increase in land degradation which can cause high numbers of pollutants within soil.