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. Water cycle

The diagram illustrates the similarities and differences between the

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cycle in forested and urban areas.

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, both versions of the cycles begin with the formation of

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from clouds via precipitation and end with

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returning back to cloud form by

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and

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. The key differences are reduced

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,

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and infiltration and increased polluted runoff in urban space. In forested areas,

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formed by precipitation naturally infiltrates through permeable topsoil and a less permeable subsoil on rock,

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creates a

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table and a baseflow. A little portion of the

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joins the runoff. The majority of the

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returns back to the environment through

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and a smaller portion through

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.

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, precipitated

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in urban areas is infiltrated and joins a baseflow, the reduction in infiltration and baseflow leads to increased erosion and an increased polluted runoff. The return of the

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back to the atmosphere by

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and

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is

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substantially diminished.