During a drought, where does the water evaporated from lakes and rivers go? If it just went into the atmosphere you’d expect that to then quickly get saturated and start raining.

Question

During a drought, where does the water evaporated from lakes and rivers go? If it just went into the atmosphere you’d expect that to then quickly get saturated and start raining.

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Evaporated water does fall as rain but usually neither quickly or nearby. Winds keep water in the atmosphere moving around and weather patterns can mean some areas have periods of drought.