Water Cycle Dominoes
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 Start :

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Water from the sea

To become groundwater

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collect in puddles

rise over the hills

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as the air rises

it may fall as  snow

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The water flowing down a river

Is evaporated by the sun

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Vapour in the Air

In a reservoir

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Water  in reservoirs

Into a river channel

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Where it may be stored

 by making wells

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If the precipitation is very cold

called Relief Rainfall

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The rain may sink into the ground

may erode and transport mud

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but the water and mud

It cools

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giving clouds and rain
 

To the air from plant leaves

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Water in the ground can be used

may condense into clouds

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The winds blow

often ends up being deposited

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into the sea.

May evaporate back to the air

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Water in the soil may be

Which is called surface water

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or it may run -off down a slope
 

Absorbed by plant roots

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and may be transpired back
 

the clouds towards the land.

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Winds from the sea