The Water Cycle

A water budget tracks stores, flows and the scale at which they are measured.

How to study this source

• How does water connect land, air and living systems?

  coreUSGS Water Cycle: overview and the descriptions of stores and flows

  A water budget tracks stores, flows and the scale at which they are measured.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

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