The water cycle in nature involves the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, land, and bodies of water. It includes processes such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. Water evaporates from bodies of water and transpires from plants, forming clouds in the atmosphere. When the clouds become saturated, precipitation occurs in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail. This water then flows over the land as runoff or infiltrates into the ground, eventually returning to bodies of water to restart the cycle.