U.S. Geological Survey circular/U.S. Geological Survey Circular · 1949 · 219 citations · 11 references
Natural ResourcesHydrologyWater Resources ManagementCatchment HydrologyWatershed HydrologyRainfall-runoff AnalysisRainfall-runoff ProcessesRainfall-runoff RelationshipsRunoff GenerationRunoff Generation ProcessesSurface RunoffRainfall-runoff ResponseSurface Runoff Processes
The water that drains from the land into creeks and rivers is called runoff. Supplying many of our basic human needs for water, runoff occurs chiefly as a residual of rainfall after Nature's take – that is, after the persistent demands of evaporation from land and transpiration from vegetation have been supplied.
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Physiography of Western United States
Wallace W. Atwood, Nevin M. Fenneman · Economic Geography · 1932 · 919 citations