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Runoff
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water that flows directly off the earths surface
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Capillary Fringe
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an area just above the water table that receives its moisture by capillary action
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Cohesion
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is when one moleculer is atteaction to the same kind of moleucle
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Aquifer
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a layer of permeable rock though which water travls
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Sheet Runoff
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has no channels to direct its folw
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Capillary action
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the upward movement of water in soil due to adhesian and cohesion
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Adhesion
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is the attraction of water molecules to non water molecules
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Infiltration
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the process by which water sinks into the ground
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Divide
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is the highest land that separtes the direction in which water runoff
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Bedrock
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the bottom of a lake and keeps it from draining
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