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Participant: part of or influencing processes

Land surface

Appears in 5 processs and 12 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Land water: infiltration, runoff and groundwater

4 steps

Start: Land water: infiltration, runoff and groundwater
End: Land water: infiltration, runoff and groundwater
Rain or snowmelt reaches the ground
and 1 more in this process

Energy flow

4 steps

Surface water evaporates, transferring latent heat to the atmosphere
Warm surfaces transfer sensible heat to the air
Earth's surface emits thermal infrared radiation
and 1 more in this process

Condensation, clouds and precipitation

2 steps

Water cycle

1 step

Land water: infiltration, runoff and groundwater

Evaporation and transpiration

1 step

Source of the water vapour

Often found with

Water 6 Soil 4 Rivers 3 Aquifers 3 Atmosphere 3 Oceans 2 Clouds 2 Ocean 2 Ocean surface 2 Surface thermal energy 2 Vegetation 1 Plants 1

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