Is rain recycled water?

Posted by Keshav Jain on


Rain is recycled



Rain falls from clouds, but the water in the clouds comes from water on the earth. How does that happen?



The earth is covered with water - in lakes, streams, ponds, rivers, puddles, and huge oceans. Even the earth’s plants and animals have water in them.



Every day, the sun dries up huge amounts of this water, turning it into vapour. The warmth makes the vapour rise. It rises so high that it cools and forms clouds made of water and ice drops. As the drops get larger, they become too heavy to stay in the air. They fall as rain or snow.



Some of the rain and snow soaks into the soil and is used by plants. Some collects in streams or rivers that flow into the ocean. The sun warms it up and turns it into water vapour again. This water cycle happens over and over. The earth is always recycling its water!



Picture Credit : Google


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