<prompt> Hlalosa potoloho ea hydrologicnan  <response>: Instruction in English: Explain the hydrologic cycle . Response in English: The hydrologic cycle, also known as the water cycle, is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. It is driven by the suns energy and by gravity, and involves several stages, including: evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.During evaporation, water is heated by the sun and turns into vapor, rising into the atmosphere. Transpiration is the process of water being released from plants into the atmosphere, adding to the water vapor. As the water vapor rises, it cools and condenses into clouds through the process of condensation.When the clouds become heavy with water droplets, the water falls back to the Earth as precipitation, in the form of rain, snow, hail or sleet. Some of this precipitation is absorbed by the soil and is taken up by plant roots or flows into underground aquifers. Some water flows into rivers, streams or lakes, and some of it evaporates again, repeating the cycle. The runoff stage occurs when the water that is not absorbed by the ground flows downhill into bodies of water. The water in rivers, lakes and oceans will eventually evaporate to start the process all over again.The hydrologic cycle is a crucial process that helps regulate the Earths temperature, provides water for ecosystems, and supports human life. . Response in Sesotho: Potoloho ea hydrologic, eo hape e tsejoang e le potoloho ea metsi, ke motsamao o tsoelang pele oa metsi holima lefatše, ka holimo le ka tlase ho Lefatše. E khannoa ke matla a letsatsi le matla a khoheli, me e akarelletsa mehato e maloa, e akarelletsang: ho fetoha mouoane, ho fetoha ha moea, ho fetoha ha mohatsela, pula le ho phalla ha metsi. Nakong ea mouoane, metsi a futhumatsoa ke letsatsi ebe a fetoha mouoane, o nyolohela sepakapakeng. Phetoho ke mokhoa oa ho ntša metsi ho tloha limela ho ea sepakapakeng, ho eketsa mouoane oa metsi. Ha mouoane oa metsi o ntse o phahama, oa kokobela ebe o fetoha maru ha o ntse o hoama. Ha maru a e-ba boima ka marotholi a metsi, metsi a khutlela Lefatšeng e le pula, ka mokhoa oa pula, lehloa, sefako kapa lehloa. E ngoe ea lipula tsena e monngoa ke mobu ebe e nkoa ke metso ea limela kapa e phallela metsing a ka tlasa lefatše. Metsi a mang a phallela linōkeng, melapong kapa matšeng, me a mang a ona a fetoha mouoane hape, a pheta-pheta potoloho eo. Mokhahlelo oa ho phalla o etsahala ha metsi a sa monngoeng ke fatše a theohela tlaase ho metsi. Metsi a linōkeng, matšeng le maoatleng a tla qetella a fetoha mouoane ho qala tšebetso hape. Potoloho ea hydrologic ke tsebetso ea bohlokoa e thusang ho laola mocheso oa Lefatše, ho fana ka metsi bakeng sa tikoloho le ho tšehetsa bophelo ba batho. 