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How much precipitation and evaporation occurs over the ocean as compared to land?
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∙ 11y ago
This is a complex question, but in broad terms the oceans evaporate as little as 11 cms a year (recorded in 1977) up to 110 cms a year (recorded in 2003). The amount of rain on land is difficult to estimate or even impossible, tropical rainfal, for example, comprises of more than two thirds of the rainfall on Earth. As for evaporation, up to 80% occurs from the Oceans and Seas
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agothe difference in evaporation and precipitation is that evaporation sucks the water up and precipitation drains it out of the sky
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Why doesn't the ocean dry up?
because the sickle of evaporation and precipitation help it not dry out. if we had no evaporation and precipitation sickles the ocean would dry out.
Why the ocean doesn't dry up?
because the sickle of evaporation and precipitation help it not dry out. if we had no evaporation and precipitation sickles the ocean would dry out.
What would happen if evaporation exceeded precipitation over the continents and ocean?
there would be no ocean anymore.
Does the water cycle affect the ocean?
the ocean becomes saltier (evaporation) or less salty (precipitation/runoff)
Do earths continents gain or lose water considering evaporation and precipitation together?
The ocean loses 37,000 km cubed of water considering the evaporation and precipitation over it. But the land and ocean water evens out.
Where on earth does evaporation occurs?
it occurs in warm ocean areas near the equator
Which steps in the water cycle carry water out of an ocean and into a freshwater lake?
Evaporation and precipitation
What would happen if evaporation-exceeded precipitation over the continents and oceans?
there would be no ocean anymore.
When precipitation falls onto earth it returns to the ocean by?
it returns by evaporation and runoff (rivers and streams)
Do earths ocean gain or lose waterconsidering evaporation and precipitation together?
No water is lost or gained because the water from precipitation comes from the water that has been evaporated.
Water moves from land to the atmosphere through?
The movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere, to the land, and back to the ocean is called the water cycle. The water cycle consists of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.
What happens at the surface of the ocean in the water cycle?
At the surface of the ocean in the water cycle, the process of evaporation occurs. The sun's heat causes water molecules to turn into water vapor and rise into the atmosphere. This water vapor eventually condenses to form clouds and can later precipitate as rain or snow.
