runoff cycle

runoff cycle

[′rən‚ȯf ‚sī·kəl]
(hydrology)
The part of the hydrologic cycle involving water between the time it reaches the land as precipitation and its subsequent evapotranspiration or runoff.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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