rainfall interception

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• interception —    The abstraction of direct rainfall on vegetation cover [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• interception loss —    That part of rainfall retained by the aerial portion of vegetative cover [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

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