surface water

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surface water [′sər·fəs ‚wȯd·ər]

(hydrology)

All bodies of water on the surface of the earth.

(oceanography)

mixed layer

surface moisture, free water, surface water

Water retained on surfaces of aggregate particles and considered to be part of the mixing water in concrete, as distinguished from absorbed moisture within the permeable voids of the aggregate particles.

surface water

1. See surface moisture.

2. Rainfall which runs over the surface of the ground.

3. Water carried by an aggregate except that held by absorption within the aggregate particles themselves.

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