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The watery layer of the earth's surface
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hydrosphere
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1887, from hydro- + sphere .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hydrosphere \Hy"dro*sphere\, n. [Pref. hydro-, 1 + sphere.] (Meteor.) The aqueous vapor of the entire atmosphere. (Phys. Geog.) The aqueous envelope of the earth, including the ocean, all lakes, streams, and underground waters, and the aqueous vapor in ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. All the waters of the Earth, as distinguished from the land and the gases of the atmosphere.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The hydrosphere (from Greek ὕδωρ - hydōr , "water" and σφαῖρα - sphaira , "sphere") is the combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet . It has been estimated that there are 1386 million cubic kilometres of water on Earth. ...
Usage examples of hydrosphere.
Its year alternates between a long oceanic phase during the cool period, and an equally long hot phase during which Surio possesses practically no hydrosphere at all.
It cooled and developed an atmosphere, a hydrosphere, and a surface composition.
This is the planet itself, the mantle and the crust, combining a ceaseless movement of tectonic plates, breeding earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami, and many disasters, together with the ceaseless hydrosphere and punitive changing climates and temperatures.
An established atmosphere and hydrosphere were under the onslaught of life.
Within hours the temperature plunged and the hydrosphere and atmosphere began to freeze.
Half of that atmosphere and most of that hydrosphere are one chemical, a substance of very low heat of vaporization and having a boiling point of about seventy five degrees Fahrenheit.