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hydrosphere
Definition:
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The waters of the Earth, as distinguished from the rocks (lithosphere), living things (biosphere), and the air (atmosphere). Includes the waters of the ocean; rivers, lakes, and other bodies of surface water in liquid form on the continents; snow, ice, and glaciers; and liquid water, ice, and water vapour in both the unsaturated and saturated zones below the land surface. Included by some, but excluded by others, is water in the atmosphere , which includes water vapour, clouds, and all forms of precipitation while still in the atmosphere.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
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hydrologic cycle |
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lake | |
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sea | |
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water (geographic) | |
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water body | |
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water reservoir | |
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watercourse | |
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
HYDROSPHERE (freshwater, marine water, waters)
Themes:
water
Other relations:
- Wikipedia article
- Hydrosphere
- Has close match
- UMTHES: Hydrosphäre
| Arabic: | المحيط المائي - الغلاف المائي للأرض |
| Basque: | hidrosfera |
| Bulgarian: | Хидросфера |
| Catalan: | hidrosfera |
| Chinese: | 水圈 |
| Croatian: | hidrosfera |
| Czech: | hydrosféra |
| Danish: | hydrosfære |
| Dutch: | hydrosfeer |
| English: | hydrosphere |
| Estonian: | hüdrosfäär |
| Finnish: | vesikehä, hydrosfääri |
| French: | hydrosphère |
| German: | Hydrosphäre |
| Greek: | υδρόσφαιρα |
| Hungarian: | hidroszféra |
| Irish: | hidrisféar |
| Italian: | idrosfera |
| Latvian: | hidrosfēra |
| Lithuanian: | hidrosfera |
| Maltese: | idrosfera |
| Norwegian: | hydrosfære |
| Polish: | hydrosfera |
| Portuguese: | hidrosfera |
| Romanian: | hidrosferă |
| Russian: | гидросфера |
| Slovak: | hydrosféra |
| Slovenian: | hidrosfera |
| Spanish: | hidrosfera |
| Swedish: | hydrosfär |
| Turkish: | hidrosfer |
| Ukrainian: | гідросфера |
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/4124>
