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Every dropdrop (noun)A small round quantity of liquid.≈ Synonym: droplet🇺🇿UZ: tomchi🇷🇺RU: капля of water on Earth is part of an endlessendless (adj)Having no end; continuous.≈ Synonym: continuous🇺🇿UZ: cheksiz🇷🇺RU: бесконечный journeyjourney (noun)An act of travelling from one place to another.≈ Synonym: trip🇺🇿UZ: safar🇷🇺RU: путешествие known as the water cyclecycle (noun)A series of events that repeat in the same order.≈ Synonym: cyclical process🇺🇿UZ: aylanish (sikl)🇷🇺RU: цикл. This naturalnatural (adj)Existing in nature; not made by people.≈ Synonym: unspoiled🇺🇿UZ: tabiiy🇷🇺RU: природный processprocess (noun)A series of actions leading to a result.≈ Synonym: procedure🇺🇿UZ: jarayon🇷🇺RU: процесс moves water between the ocean, the atmosphereatmosphere (noun)The layer of gases surrounding a planet.≈ Synonym: air layer🇺🇿UZ: atmosfera🇷🇺RU: атмосфера, and the land, constantly recyclingrecycle (verb)Using something again through a repeated process.≈ Synonym: reusing🇺🇿UZ: qayta aylantirish🇷🇺RU: рециркуляция the same water that has existed on our planetplanet (noun)A large body in space, such as Earth.≈ Synonym: world🇺🇿UZ: sayyora🇷🇺RU: планета for billionsbillion (noun)The number 1,000,000,000.≈ Synonym: thousand millions🇺🇿UZ: milliardlar🇷🇺RU: миллиарды of years. Understanding this cycle helps explain everything from daily weatherweather (noun)The state of the atmosphere at a place and time.≈ Synonym: conditions🇺🇿UZ: ob-havo🇷🇺RU: погода patterns to long-term climateclimate (noun)The long-term weather pattern of a region.≈ Synonym: long-term weather🇺🇿UZ: iqlim🇷🇺RU: климат change.
The cycle begins with evaporationevaporation (noun)The process of liquid turning into vapour.≈ Synonym: vaporisation🇺🇿UZ: bug'lanish🇷🇺RU: испарение, when heatheat (noun)The quality of being hot; thermal energy.≈ Synonym: warmth🇺🇿UZ: issiqlik🇷🇺RU: тепло from the sun causes water on the surfacesurface (noun)The outer or top layer of something.≈ Synonym: top layer🇺🇿UZ: yuza🇷🇺RU: поверхность of oceans, lakes, and rivers to turn into water vapourvapour (noun)A substance in gas form, especially water.≈ Synonym: gas🇺🇿UZ: bug'🇷🇺RU: пар and rise into the air. Plants also releaserelease (verb)To let out or send out something.≈ Synonym: emit🇺🇿UZ: chiqarmoq🇷🇺RU: выделять water vapour through a process called transpirationtranspiration (noun)The release of water vapour by plants.≈ Synonym: plant water release🇺🇿UZ: transpiratsiya🇷🇺RU: транспирация, adding further moisturemoisture (noun)Small amounts of water present in the air or a substance.≈ Synonym: dampness🇺🇿UZ: namlik🇷🇺RU: влага to the atmosphere. Together, these processes send huge amountsamount (noun)Quantities of something.≈ Synonym: quantities🇺🇿UZ: miqdorlar🇷🇺RU: количества of water into the sky every single day.
As water vapour rises higher into the atmosphere, it cools and condensescondense (verb)Changes from a gas into a liquid.≈ Synonym: liquefies🇺🇿UZ: kondensatsiyalanadi🇷🇺RU: конденсируется into tiny droplets, forming the clouds we see overhead. When these droplets combine and grow large enough, they fall back to Earth as precipitationprecipitation (noun)Water falling from clouds, such as rain or snow.≈ Synonym: rainfall🇺🇿UZ: yog'in🇷🇺RU: осадки — rain, snow, hailhail (noun)Small balls of ice that fall like rain.≈ Synonym: ice pellets🇺🇿UZ: do'l🇷🇺RU: град, or sleet, depending on the temperature. This falling water can land directly in oceans and lakes or fall onto land, where it may soak into the ground or flow across the surface.
Water that lands on the ground follows several possible pathspath (noun)Routes or courses that something follows.≈ Synonym: routes🇺🇿UZ: yo'llar🇷🇺RU: пути. Some soaks into the soil and becomes groundwatergroundwater (noun)Water held underground in soil or rock.≈ Synonym: underground water🇺🇿UZ: yer osti suvi🇷🇺RU: грунтовые воды, slowly moving through underground layers of rock. Some flows across the surface as runoffrunoff (noun)Water that flows over the ground surface.≈ Synonym: surface flow🇺🇿UZ: sizot suvlari🇷🇺RU: поверхностный сток, eventually joining streams and rivers that carry it back to the sea. Along the way, this water supports plantsplant (noun)Living organisms that grow in soil, typically with leaves.≈ Synonym: vegetation🇺🇿UZ: o'simliklar🇷🇺RU: растения, animals, and human communitiescommunity (noun)Groups of people living in a particular area.≈ Synonym: populations🇺🇿UZ: jamoalar🇷🇺RU: сообщества that depend on rivers and groundwater for drinking, farming, and industry.
Human activityactivity (noun)Actions taken by people.≈ Synonym: action🇺🇿UZ: faoliyat🇷🇺RU: деятельность increasingly affects this ancient cycle. Deforestation reduces transpiration, while paved surfaces in cities stop water soaking into the ground, increasing surface runoff and the risk of flooding. Meanwhile, rising global temperatures are intensifying the cycle in many regions, leading to more extreme rainfall in some places and longer droughtsdrought (noun)Long periods of little or no rainfall.≈ Synonym: dry spells🇺🇿UZ: qurg'oqchiliklar🇷🇺RU: засухи in others — a reminder that this ancient natural system remains deeply connected to modern human life.