What happens to rain?

Rain, hail and snow are the means by which water is returned to the earth. If this did not happen then survival of life would not be possible. Some of the rain falls into the sea and becomes a part of it again. In this way it helps to replace the water that is always taken up into the air as water vapor.

Rain which falls on the soil of flat areas sinks into it. It fills the small spaces between the grains of soil to a depth of several meters. This is the water that plants use. The roots and the tiny hair on them take up this water and pas it to the stem of the plant. It moves upward to the leaves where it is used by the plant in its food making process. The water in the stem and leaves helps to make them stiff too. The underground water makes an enormous water store that never completely dries up. Water that is used by plants, or taken up into the air as water vapor is replaced by more rain.

Rain falls on hills and mountains as well as on flat ground. When this happens, the water begins to run down the hills in small rivulets. These rivulets join up and make a small, fast-running stream. Others join it on its way down until a river is formed. At places, where the ground slopes steeply, the river flows very quickly and tears a deep channel for itself. Later, as the ground becomes less steep, the river makes its channel wider but not so deep. It runs a little more slowly too. When it reaches low ground, it runs much more slowly and its channel becomes full of twists and turns. In the end, the river reaches the sea and merges with it.

Basically it is a cycle without which we wouldn't be living so thank God this happens…..