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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - The Water Cycle. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - The Global Water Cycle. | Apr 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Nonstationarity in the global terrestrial water cycle and its interlinkages in the Anthropocene. | Mar 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Oregon Educational Resources - Environmental Biology - Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply. | Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: USGS Water Science School - Evaporation and the Water Cycle. | Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - One Earth - Anthropogenic influences on the water cycle amplify uncertainty in drought assessments. | Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - The global atmospheric water cycle (PDF). | Oct 27, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Thompson River University - Environmental Geology - The Hydrologic Cycle. | Jul 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The energy and water cycles under climate change. | Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Challenges and Opportunities in Water Cycle Research: WCRP Contributions (PDF). | Apr 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: European Commission - The water cycle connects us all. | Dec 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The water cycle. | Sep 15, 2024 | ||
| Modernized spellings throughout. | Jul 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Geological Survey - The Water Cycle. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - The Water Cycle. | Feb 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry Libretexts - Water Cycle. | Jul 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering - Understanding water cycle. | Mar 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Global Precipitation Measurement - The Water Cycle. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: UCAR Center for Science Education - The Water Cycle. | Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Added photographs of fog forming along the California coast, a rain event in Indonesia, and the Perito Moreno glacier in Argentina. | May 27, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 17, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - The Water Cycle. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alice Ferguson Foundation - The Water Cycle. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research - Kids Crossing - The Water Cycle. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Environmental Education For Kids! - The Water Cycle. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: DC Water is Life - DC Water for Kids - Water Cycle. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: European Space Agency - SMOS - Earth's Water Cycle. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Science - Water Cycle. | Dec 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - The Water Cycle! | Aug 12, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: USGS Water Sources of the United States - The Water Cycle. | Aug 12, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun, Science and Technology for Kids - The Water Cycle. | Aug 12, 2016 | ||
| Article title changed from "hydrologic cycle" to "water cycle." | Sep 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: India Parenting - The Water Cycle. | Sep 14, 2012 | ||
| Video added describing the movement of water through various parts of the hydrologic cycle. | Jan 12, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Geological Survey - Hydrologic Cycle. | Nov 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: NeoK12 - Educational Videos and Games for School Kids - Water Cycle. | Nov 03, 2011 | ||
| Added video describing the hydrologic cycle. | Mar 01, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: United States Geological Survey - The water cycle. | Jun 11, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Northwest River Forecast Center - Hydrologic Cycle. | Jun 11, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Earth's Water Cycle. | Jun 11, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: IndonesiaPromo.com - The Water Cycle. | Jun 11, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Window To The Universe - Earth's Water Cycle. | Apr 23, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - The Watercycle. | Apr 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - The Hydrologic Cycle. | Nov 26, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - The Water Cycle. | Aug 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: United States Geological Survey - The Water Cycle. | Aug 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: DLTK's Sites - The Water Cycle. | Aug 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: India Parenting - The Water Cycle. | Aug 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Exploring the Environment - The Water Cycle. | Aug 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Miami University - The Water Cycle. | Aug 14, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 31, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The "Weather Dude" - The Water Cycle. | Jul 01, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 09, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: United States Geological Survey - Water Cycle. |
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May 30, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Case of the Disappearing Water. | Apr 25, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - The Way to the Drainpipe. | Apr 25, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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