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Water cycle diagram. The sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in oceans and seas. Water evaporates as water vapor into the air. Evapotranspiration is water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmosphere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into clouds. Air currents move water vapor around the globe, cloud particles