Figure-6.1: The water cycle, its components, relevant processes, and interactions

In the water cycle, water that evaporates from oceans is transported over land, where it falls as precipitation. It then either moves back to the atmosphere through evapotranspiration, is stored as ice or snow, or makes its way to rivers/streams (via various pathways), where it eventually flows back to the ocean.

Source

UK Met Office (2018).