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Surface runoff
noun
Overland flow of excess water (with or without accumulated contaminants) that cannot be absorbed by the ground as infiltration.
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Surface runoff from the storm spread to the Pacific coast of Mexico, producing flooding in Guerrero in combination with Manuel.
Surface runoff of water by natural streams (jhora) and man-made drains has contributed to the risk of landslides.
Surface runoff and tile flow are significant pathways for pesticides movement to surface waters.
Surface runoff also represents a potential source of contamination for groundwater.
Even low rainfall intensities generate surface runoff.
Storm sewers usually carry surface runoff to a point of disposal in a stream or river.
Stewart, S. T. & Nimmo, F. Surface runoff features on Mars: Testing the carbon dioxide formation hypothesis.
Two surface runoff mechanisms are considered: surface runoff by saturation of the soil surface horizon and surface runoff by infiltration excess (also called hortonian runoff).
These data are analyzed to determine if surface runoff occurs.
Forested vegetation types were best able to regulate surface runoff.
Successive applications of pig slurry decreased surface runoff.
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