This is important for growing settlements. The water cycle works by using the energy of the Sun to move water from oceans and lakes to the atmosphere, and then back into the oceans again.

When warmed by the sun, they develop striking tails of dust ... which eventually return to the surface as rain–a process known as the water cycle. The quantities of water on Earth, both past ...

The water cycle is the journey water takes as it moves from the land to the sky and back again. It follows a cycle of evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection. The sun heats up ...