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The water cycle is what sustains all life here on Earth. Without the water cycle, we would not have clouds or rain to provide fresh water to all living things. This process can be summarized into three different stages: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. As the sun heats up our oceans, lakes, and rivers, water vapor is created through the process of evaporation. This warm water vapor rises into our atmosphere where it meets cooler temperatures. During the condensation stage, water vapor cools and transforms into clouds. Clouds become saturated with liquid water molecules and, when they can hold no more water, they release it back down to earth as precipitation. Rain, hail, and snow collect in bodies of water, and the cycle begins again.