hydrosphere

(noun)

combined mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of a planet

Related Terms

  • biogeochemical cycle

Examples of hydrosphere in the following topics:

  • Biogeochemical Cycles

    • The hydrosphere is the area of the earth where water movement and storage occurs.
    • Earth has a hydrosphere, where water movement and storage occurs.
  • Microbial Environments and Microenvironments

    • These evolutionary adaptations have allowed microbial life to extend into much of the Earth's atmosphere, crust, and hydrosphere (the water found over, under, and on the surface of a planet).
  • Sources and Sinks of Essential Elements

    • The element carbon moves from the biosphere to the geosphere and the hydrosphere.
  • Mars and a Biosphere

    • A biosphere can also be thought of as an global ecological system that incorporates all living beings and their relationships with the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
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