The water cycle doesn't stop and there is no beginning or end to it. First it will snow over a mountain. Then the snow melts into water from the mountains and goes down the mountain in a stream. Then it goes into a river then to a lake or the ocean. Later after a while the water evaporates from oceans, lakes, and rivers. When it evaporates it will turn into clouds then the process will repeat. This isn't the exact water cycle it just has to rain or snow then evaporate into clouds then repeat. This water cycle just has more details.