There is 13 percent more water leaving the oceans than precipitating back into it, and 13 percent more water falling on land than evaporating off it.

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This statement is false. The water cycle is a closed system in which the amount of water that evaporates from the oceans and falls back into it as precipitation is the same. Similarly, the amount of water that falls on land as precipitation and evaporates back into the atmosphere is also the same. Any imbalance in these processes can have significant impacts on climate and ecosystems.

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