Processes governing the movement of water across the planet and through its oceans: the water cycle and ocean circulation and currents. Belongs here: a process whose primary mechanism is the movement of water. Does not belong here: an atmospheric circulation pattern, held separately under Atmospheric and Climatic Processes even where it drives an oceanic one.
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This branch of science deals with the complex physical, chemical, and biological constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spheres: the biosphere, hydrosphere/cryosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere (or lithosphere).
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