Sentence examples for rapid runoff from inspiring English sources

The remainder is lost through rapid runoff or percolates down into the groundwater.

Badlands are highly erodible landscapes with sparse vegetation and rapid runoff responses.

Since most rain occurs in heavy showers during a few months of the year, rapid runoff and high rates of erosion are common.

If most of the storm's total precipitation falls as rain, the chances are greater that rapid runoff will swell rivers and streams dangerously — setting back efforts to repair dozens of levees that were overwhelmed last month.

The decoction brewer transfers the mash to a separation vessel called the lauter tun, where a shallow filter bed is formed, allowing a more rapid runoff time of about 2.5 hours.

As a first step, 5 reservoirs are identified: Rr the rapid runoff, Rs the superficial runoff, Rh the hypodermic or differred runoff, Ns the superficial ground water, and Np the deep ground water, also called base flow.

Episodic heavy rainfall events can result in rapid land runoff where mangroves can play an important role in trapping sediments before this runoff water body reaches the open sea.

Discontinuous vegetation cover, well-packed surface soil, and occasionally intense rainfall promote rapid surface runoff, conversion of overland to channeled flow, and the multiplication of channels.

Previous work has shown that shallow, drained peatlands demonstrate rapid storm runoff that is only minimally controlled by antecedent hydrological conditions.

This suggests that farmers are more likely to use stone bund on steep slopes that are susceptible to more rapid surface runoff.

In the Gulf of California, with numerous lagoons, the subtropical climate favors seasonal nutrient enrichment because rainfall is prevalent mainly in the summer, which leads to rapid nutrients runoff.