According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, “Water in different phases moves through the atmosphere (transportation). Liquid water flows across land (runoff), into the ground (infiltration and percolation), and through the ground (groundwater). Groundwater moves into plants (plant uptake) and evaporates from plants into the atmosphere (transpiration). Solid ice and snow can turn directly into gas (sublimation). The opposite can also take place when water vapor becomes solid (deposition).” Let’s begin with the first part of the water cycle: transportation.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, water undergoes transformation through various phases within the atmosphere, this process is referred to as transportation. As a liquid, water traverses the land's surface (runoff), seeps into the soil (infiltration and percolation), and flows beneath the earth's surface (groundwater). This groundwater then gets absorbed by plants (plant uptake) and subsequently released back into the atmosphere through evaporation from plant leaves (transpiration). Moreover, water in its frozen state, such as ice and snow, can directly convert into a gaseous state (sublimation), and conversely, water vapor can also directly solidify (deposition). This description is focused on the initial stage of the water cycle known as transportation.
