What does land have to do with the water cycle?

Answer 1

Land has to do with the water cycle in these ways. * water in rivers and lakes come from the sky(clouds;rain) * when the water evaporates it has to evaporate fom the ground* if there wasnt land, what would hold t he water?

Answer 2

The water cycle has no starting point, but we'll begin in the oceans, since that is where most of Earth's water exists. The sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in the oceans. Some of it evaporates as vapor into the air; a relatively smaller amount of moisture is added as ice and snow sublimate directly from the solid state into vapor. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmosphere, along with water from evapotranspiration, which is water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil. The vapor rises into the air where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into clouds. Air currents move clouds around the globe, and cloud particles collide, grow, and fall out of the sky as precipitation. Some precipitation falls as snow and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers, which can store frozen water for thousands of years. Snowpacks in warmer climates often thaw and melt when spring arrives, and the melted water flows overland as snowmelt. Most precipitation falls back into the oceans or onto land, where, due to gravity, the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff. A portion of runoff enters rivers in valleys in the landscape, with streamflow moving water towards the oceans. Runoff, and groundwater seepage, accumulate and are stored as freshwater in lakes.

Answer 3

Land plays a critical role in the water cycle by influencing the amount of water that is absorbed into the ground, known as infiltration. This process helps to replenish underground aquifers and affects the overall availability of water for plants and animals. Land features such as forests and wetlands can also impact evaporation and transpiration, which contribute to cloud formation and precipitation.