GC: n

S: AT – http://www.pima.gov/wwm/education/pdf/2008_06-11_Water_Cycle.pdf (last access: 4 November 2013); http://www.euwfd.com/html/hydrological_cycle.html (8 December 2013).

N: 1. The hydrological cycle is also denominated as water cycle because is the way that water is taken up from the sea, rivers, soil, etc. and then comes back down as rain or snow.
2. The natural cycle in which water is evaporated from the earth’s surface, mostly from the oceans, to the atmosphere and returns by precipitation to the earth. (Definition standardized by ISO).
3. It includes the uptake of water by plants followed by evapotranspiration and release of water as vapour to the atmosphere prior to its precipitation to the earth. (Observation standardized by ISO).
4. Hydrological cycle: term standardized by ISO.
5. water cycle, also called hydrologic cycle, cycle that involves the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-atmosphere system. Of the many processes involved in the hydrologic cycle, the most important are evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. Although the total amount of water within the cycle remains essentially constant, its distribution among the various processes is continually changing.

S: 1. UNOGT – http://conf.unog.ch/unogterm/ (last access: 6 November 2013). 2, 3 & 4. TERMIUMPLUS. 5. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/water-cycle (last access: 6 July 2015).

SYN: 1. water cycle. 2. hydrologic cycle, water cycle.

S: 1. CD – http://goo.gl/bwEm3R (last access: 6 November 2013); GDMA p. 141. 2. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/water-cycle (last access: 6 July 2015); GDT; TERMIUMPLUS.