Great Lakes Communities and Ecosystems
Water Cycle How the cycle works Added human pressures

EVAPORATION
Evaporation is the process of liquid water becoming a gas, or "water vapor." Evaporation typically speeds up as temperature increases. Water evaporates until the air is completely saturated.

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Water Cycle diagram

© 2003 Union of Concerned Scientists Riparian ZonesGreat LakeWetlandsGroundwaterForestsSurface and Subsurface RunoffSurface WaterInfiltrationEvaporationWatershed BoundaryTranspirationPrecipitationCondensation