| Deforestation also can have regional climatic effects because trees are a key link in the evapotranspiration cycle between soil and the atmosphere. |
| Water use or evapotranspiration is composed of two parts, transpiration from the plant and evaporation from the soil surface. |
| Increasing evapotranspiration could mean a net decrease in renewable freshwater supply if precipitation does not also increase. |
| It categorises climate by balancing the rainfall, potential evapotranspiration and soil water-holding capacity. |
| Water vapour reaches the atmosphere primarily through evapotranspiration from a water source at the earth's surface. |
| To limit this phenomenon when sunshine, temperature or wind could cause the leaf to dry out, the tree reduces its evapotranspiration. |
