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This chapter deals with surface runoff which is flow over the land surface generated by precipitation, melting of snow, or other sources. Typically, not all precipitation or snow produces runoff because storage from soil and plant roots can absorb substantial amounts of water.
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Delfs, JO., Beinhorn, M., Wu, Y. (2012). Overland Flow. In: Kolditz, O., Görke, UJ., Shao, H., Wang, W. (eds) Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes in Porous Media. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 86. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27177-9_7
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