Definition of water cycle
: hydrologic cycle
In the water cycle, water evaporates, condenses, falls as precipitation, and eventually evaporates again.— Timothy Cooney et al. As they have for thousands of years, the rhythms of wildlife migration and reproduction as well as human agriculture and grazing activities are inseparable from that of the yearly water cycle.— Peter Warshall … run by solar energy that helps cause winds, energizes plants, and powers the water cycle.— David M. Armstrong et al.
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The first known use of water cycle was in 1894
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