The first step of the cycle is a physical process by which moisture is lost directly into the atmosphere from water surfaces and the soil due to the effects of sun movement and the sun’s heat. This very important process is known as evaporation. Inorder to sustain this process, conservation and preservation of the climatic conditions in an area must be taken into consideration. Evaporation rates are affected by temperature, wind speed, humidity, hours of sunshine and other climatic factors. If the processes that regulate these climatic factors were negatively altered by human activities, then evaporation, which plays a crucial role in water cycle, would be decreased. For example, humans release C.F.C (chlorofluorocarbons) when they use hair products in cans etc. This gas enters the atmosphere and is currently

Precipitation usually occurs in areas known as water sheds. A watershed is an area marked by a ridge of highland beyond which any precipitation will drain into adjacent basins via rivers and its tributaries. Hence it is the fundamental process by which water is physically collected after precipitation. If watersheds were unscrupulously plucked from the natural vegetation to make way for housing developments, lumbering etc. then there would be no mechanism for the collection of water from the water cycle. Natural vegetation is vital as estimates have proven that tropical rainforests intercepts up to 80% of rainfall (30% of which may evaporate), whereas arable land crop intercepts only 10%. Watershed usually manifests itself in the form of dense forested areas teaming with vast areas of natural vegetation. For example, in Trinidad, the Northern Range is perhaps one of the most important watersheds in the island. It collects approximately 50% of the island’s water supply. Following the destruction of the forest in the Northern Range, water run off increases and the water rather than being collected in the roots, ponds, lakes and dams (which the nation uses as a water supply), goes into the town and cities as floods. This disrupts the balance of the water cycle.

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