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Why surface runoff or rain not absorbed by the soil occurs much more often in areas with soils with a high clay content?
Soils with a high clay content are poor draining and run off and standing surface water is likely.
What is water that flows across earths surface?
Runoff
Running water above earth surface?
surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow)
What is reliable runoff?
Surface runoff of water that generally can be counted on as a stable source of water from year to year.
Can you explain why surface runoff or rain not absorbed by the soil occurs much more often in areas with soils with a high clay content.?
Clay soils can absorb water, but do so only slowly because they are very fine grained, and the spaces between the grains are very small. This is in contrast to sandy soils where the spaces are big and water penetrates easily. During periods of heavy rain you can quickly get standing water on the surface of clay soils, which soon leads to run-off.
Why surface runoff or rain not absorbed by the soil occurs much more often in areas with soils with a high clay content?
Soils with a high clay content are poor draining and run off and standing surface water is likely.
That water that moves across Earths surface after rainfall is called what?
runoff
What is water that flows across earths surface?
Runoff
What is snowmelt runoff?
Runoff is water that flows over the ground surface. Snowmelt runoff is runoff from melting snow.
Running water above earth surface?
surface runoff (also known as overland flow or terrestrial runoff) is the unconfined flow of water over the ground surface, in contrast to channel runoff (or stream flow)
Would Granular soil or cohesive soil be greater runoff?
cohesive soil would have more runoff since the water would be less likely to seep past the surface layer. On granular soils, the passage ways are larger and the water can quickly seep into the structure of the soil.
Can you explain why surface runoff or rain not absorbed by the soil occurs much more often in areas with soils with a high clay content.?
Clay soils can absorb water, but do so only slowly because they are very fine grained, and the spaces between the grains are very small. This is in contrast to sandy soils where the spaces are big and water penetrates easily. During periods of heavy rain you can quickly get standing water on the surface of clay soils, which soon leads to run-off.
What is reliable runoff?
Surface runoff of water that generally can be counted on as a stable source of water from year to year.
What is water that flows over earth's surface?
Water that flows over Earth's surface is called runoff. Runoff is an important agent of erosion, especially if the water is moving fast. The more speed water has, the more material it can carry with it.
How does runoff erode land?
water runoff causes erosion by beating the surface of the land
What refers to to water that flows over earths surface?
If you are talking about land above sea , then it would be called run off, because when precipitation falls , whether it is rain or snow , at some point it usually makes its way from the land to the sea via flowing over the surface of the earth.
What is a example of runoff?
A non example of runoff is groundwater because groundwater, the water flows under the ground and as for runoff the water flows over the land's surface
