Explain how and why water travels through the four Earth systems as it moves through the water cycle

Water in the Earth system is influencing all aspects of life on Earth. ... The returning water falls directly back into the oceans, or onto land as snow or rain. It soaks into the soil to move into the groundwater or runs off the Earth's surface in streams, rivers and lakes, which drain back into the oceans.

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