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Keywords: Runoff, Basin, Drainage, Evpotranspiration, Catchment

Related Terms: Backwater, Dam, Drainage, Flood, Inflow, Interflow, Irrigate, Leat, Pool, River, Seepage, Stream, Tailrace, Watercourse, Water Course, Surface Water, Runoff, Storm Water, Losing Stream, Depletion, Direct Runoff, Lotic, Ephemeral Stream, Intermittent Stream, Perennial Stream, Stormwater, Base Flow, Influent Stream, Run-Off, Surface Runoff, Gaining Stream, Overland Flow, Artificial Recharge, Baseflow, Reservoirs, Effluent Stream, Return Flow, Tailwater, Flood Irrigation, Impoundment, Ephemeral Streams, Irrigation Return Flow, Receiving Waters, Bank Storage, Forebay, Stormwater Runoff, Sprinkler Irrigation, Retention Pond, Receiving Water, Storage Reservoir

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A drainage basin's total yield of liquid water during some period of time.

http://www.state.sc.us/forest/rbg.htm

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The runoff from a watershed, including flow from streams and ground water.

http://www.fs.fed.us/oonf/plan/nepa/herb_ch4.html

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The runoff from the drainage basin, including ground-water outflow that appears in the stream plus ground-water outflow that bypasses the gaging station and leaves the basin underground. Water yield is the precipitation minus the evpotranspiration.

http://ilrdss.sws.uiuc.edu/glossary/glossary_allresults.asp?glosID=W&page=4

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Water yield from a forest is the amount of water that comes from the forest into a water catchment.

http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/rrat_ctte/completed_inquiries/2002-0...

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The runoff from precipitation that reaches water courses and therefore may be available for human use.

http://www.water.utah.gov/waterplan/uwrpff/Glossary.htm

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