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Where will surface runoff be the greatest during a heavy rainfall?
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∙ 11y ago
The surface run off is likely to be greatest on a sloped area (30 deg-45deg) where we have least forest cover or an area where deforestation has occurred during heavy rainfall. This sloped area could be of an hill or edging flanks of a plateau........
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoA paved city street.
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In which area will surface runoff likely be the greatest during a heavy rainfall?
A paved city street.
What is water that moves across earth's surface after a rainfall?
runoff
What is the water that moves across Earth's surface after a rainfall is what?
Runoff
What is the water that moves across the Earth's surface after a rainfall called?
Runoff
What water that moves across earth surface after rainfall is called?
runoff
That water that moves across Earths surface after rainfall is called what?
runoff
When rainfall occurs the rainwater will most likely become surface runoff if the land surface is?
Impermeable
What is the difference between runoff and rainfall?
Runoff is the result of rainfall.
What type of places can surface runoff be at?
In areas where there is no snow, runoff will come from rainfall. However, not all rainfall will produce runoff because storage from soils can absorb light showers. Infiltration excess overland flow more commonly occurs in arid and semi-arid regions, where rainfall intensities are high and the soil infiltration capacity is reduced because of surface sealing, or in paved areas. When the soil is saturated and the depression storage filled, and rain continues to fall, the rainfall will immediately produce surface runoff. Urbanization increases surface runoff, by creating more impervious surfaces such as pavement and buildings, that do not allow percolation of the water down through the soil to the aquifier.
What are different kinds of runoff?
1. Surface Runoff: It is that portion of rainfall which enters the stream immediately after the rainfall. It occurs. When all losses are satisfied and if rain is still continued, with the rate greater than in filtration rate; at this stage the excess water makes a head over the ground surface (surface detention) which tends to move from one place to another, known as overland flow. As soon as the overland flow joins to the streams, channels or oceans, termed as surface runoff.2. Sub - surface Runoff: That part of rainfall, which first leaches into the soil and moves laterally without joining the water - table to the Streams Rivers or oceans is known as sub - surface runoff. Sometimes sub - surface runoff is also aerated under service ninoff due to reason that it takes very title time to reach the river or channel in comparision to ground water. The sub - surface runoff is usually referred as interflow.3. Base flow: It is delays flow, defined as that part of rainfall which after talling on the ground surface in fill rated into the soil and meets so the water table and flow to the streams oceans etc. The movement of water in this type of runoff is very slow that is why it is also referred as delayed runoff. It takes a long time to join the rivers or oceans. Some times base flow is also known as ground water flow.
Is surface runoff the best thing for the environment?
no surface runoff is not
Why does water runoff the surface of the earth?
This occurs because of gravity. Water runs from the highest places (mountains and plateaus, or where rainfall occurs) to the lowest point, into the ocean.
