hydrosphere
(noun)
combined mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of a planet
Examples of hydrosphere in the following topics:
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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.
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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).
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Sources and Sinks of Essential Elements
- The element carbon moves from the biosphere to the geosphere and the hydrosphere.
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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.