surface runoff

English

Etymology

From surface +‎ runoff.

Noun

surface runoff (countable and uncountable, plural surface runoffs)

1. Overland flow of excess water (with or without accumulated contaminants) that cannot be absorbed by the ground as infiltration.

   When there is very heavy rainfall on California hillsides over a prolonged period, there is almost always ensuing surface runoff.

Translations

surface runoff

• Estonian: äravool
• Persian: رواناب (fa) (ravânâb)
• Portuguese: escoamento superficial m

See also

• precipitation

Further reading

• P E Lamoreaux, Mostafa M Soliman (1997) Environmental Hydrogeology, →ISBN