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.

   Synonyms: stormwater, runoff (elliptically synonymous)

   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)
• Polish: spływ powierzchniowy m
• Portuguese: escoamento superficial m

See also

• precipitation
• wastewater

Further reading

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