Hydrosphere

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    All the liquid waters of the Earth or another astronomical body, as distinguished from the land and the gases of the atmosphere.
  2. 2
    the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor wordnet

Etymology

From hydro- + -sphere.

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