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STREAMS
• Evaporation = H2O loss
from the surface of soil or
water bodies due to solar radiation.
• Transpiration = H2O loss
from plant stomata.
• Evapotranspiration = evaporation + transpn
STREAMS
• Ephemeral streams = flow intermittently
• Perennial streams = flow all year
• Overland flow = sheet of water which
passes over soil surface into stream.
passes over soil surface into stream.
• Base
flow = flow
of a stream due to
groundwater alone.
of a stream due to
groundwater alone.
