Hydrosphere Definition

hīdrə-sfîr
noun
The waters of the earth's surface as distinguished from those of the lithosphere and the atmosphere.
American Heritage
All the water on the surface of the earth, including oceans, lakes, glaciers, etc.: water vapor, clouds, etc. may be considered part of the atmosphere or of the hydrosphere.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hydrosphere

Noun

Singular:
hydrosphere
Plural:
hydrospheres

Origin of Hydrosphere

  • hydro- +‎ -sphere

    From Wiktionary

Hydrosphere Sentence Examples

  • Lakes and rivers are important sources of freshwater in the earth's hydrosphere.

  • The question of the origin of the Atlantic basin, like that of the other great divisions of the hydrosphere, is still unsettled.

  • The surface of the earth consists of the hydrosphere and the lithosphere.

  • Always changing, the hydrosphere never looks exactly the same from day to day.

  • The hydrosphere is complex and fluid.

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