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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 aquifer. It is instead forced directly into streams or storm water runoff drains, where erosion and siltation can be major problems, even when flooding is not. Increased runoff reduces groundwater recharge, thus lowering the water table and making droughts worse, especially for farmers and others who depend on water wells.
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What is water that flows across earths surface?
Runoff
What are the two types of runoff?
Surface runoff and Subsurface runoff. Basically, above ground and below ground
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.
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.
What are the human impacts on Lake Tahoe?
pollution fishing and runoff
Is surface runoff the best thing for the environment?
no surface runoff is not
That water that moves across Earths surface after rainfall is called what?
runoff
What is snowmelt runoff?
Runoff is water that flows over the ground surface. Snowmelt runoff is runoff from melting snow.
What is water that flows across earths surface?
Runoff
What are the two types of runoff?
Surface runoff and Subsurface runoff. Basically, above ground and below ground
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 the final destination for runoff that flows on the surface of the earth?
what is the final destination for runoff
What is the opposite of a surface runoff?
Throughflow.
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 that flows across earth surface?
runoff
