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All of it eventually returns, but if it goes into the groundwater system it may take hundreds of thousands of years. Otherwise, it generally either evaporates or runs in to rivers that take it to the ocean within a matter of days or weeks, if it falls deep in a continent.
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The process by which water returns to the ocean is called?
precipitation (i guess)
What is precipitation that returns penis to the ocean called?
The golden shower.
When precipitation falls onto earth it returns to the ocean by?
it returns by evaporation and runoff (rivers and streams)
Where does most precipitation return to earth?
Most precipitation returns to earth in the ocean. This precipitation comes from water that went from the earth into the atmosphere.
How much of water used in the water cycle returns to the cycle to be used again?
water returns to the earth by precipitation!(rain,snow,sleet and hail)In the water cycle, precipitation returns water to the Earth's surface.
What is the effect if the average amount of water that evaporates from the earth's ocean each year and the amount that returns by precipitation?
That's what we humans call the "Water Cycle"
What is precipitation of the ocean?
480cm a year depending on the location.
What is the precipitation in the ocean?
It is very difficult to measures the precipitation in the ocean. This is because the ocean is far too large.
What is water that returns to earth in liquid or solid form?
Rain, hail and snow are all forms of precipitation.
Why does most precipitation fall into the ocean?
Most precipitation falls into the ocean because the ocean covers most of Earth's surface.
What are the difference between the conductivity of the ocean surface and precipitation?
Oceans are much more condutive. due to the dissolved Na+ in the ocean.
What is all moisture that returns to earth called?
precipitation
