The hydrologic cycle describes the continuous movement of water above, on, and below the surface of the Earth. The water on the Earth's surface--surface water--occurs as streams, lakes, and wetlands, as well as bays and oceans. Surface water also includes the solid forms of water-- snow and ice. The water below the surface of the Earth primarily is ground water, but it also includes soil water.
The hydrologic cycle commonly is portrayed by a very simplified diagram that shows only major transfers of water between continents and oceans, as in Figure 1. However, for understanding hydrologic processes and managing water resources, the hydrologic cycle needs to be viewed at a wide range of scales and as having a great deal of variability in time and space. Precipitation, which is the source of virtually all freshwater in the hydrologic cycle, falls nearly everywhere, but its distribution is highly variable. Similarly, evaporation and transpiration return water to the atmosphere nearly everywhere, but evaporation and transpiration rates vary considerably according to climatic conditions. As a result, much of the precipitation never reaches the oceans as surface and subsurface runoff before the water is returned to the atmosphere. The relative magnitudes of the individual components of the hydrologic cycle, such as evapotranspiration, may differ significantly even at small scales, as between an agricultural field and a nearby woodland.
Global warming will cause the glacier to melt faster and the order that follows is precipitation of the ice melting of ice and then the sublimation
Explanation:
The process which involves in the mass movement of ice sheets over the years is called as glacial retreat and this is mainly responsible for the climate change. These glacial retreats alter the conditions of weather and they shrink and grow to show their various advancements.
These glacial retreats have various negative consequences like the sea level will be increased there will be floods and an acute shortage of fresh water. Due to the over heating of the sun the masses of ice precipitates melts and then it sublimes.
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