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 diagram provides information regarding water cycles in forested

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urban environments, generally illustrating both similarities and differences between the two areas. Noticeably, the cycle begins in the same way in both environments, with precipitation

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affects the land below it. One of the main aspects to take into account is the level of pollution, which heavily impacts

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natural phenomenon.

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the soil in the forested

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is permeable, the high levels of concrete and man-made constructions in the urban

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reduce the span of permeable soil considerably.

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, the infiltration in the

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environment is reduced.

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, every aspect of the cycle is largely influenced by the lack of natural drainage in the urban

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.

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in the

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the conditions are optimal for evaporation and transpiration

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benefit the climate, these aspects are reduced in the urban

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.

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, the resulting runoff in the urban

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is polluted, as opposed to the runoff in the forest.