overland flow

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• overland flow —   water running over the surface of the land into a river channel or body of water. May occur due to: impermeable rock surfaces, saturated soils, rainfall intensity exceeding infiltration rate, snow/ice melt and compacted soils …   Geography glossary

• overland flow —    Surface runoff flowing over the land surface towards a channel [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• Horton overland flow — In soil science, Horton overland flow describes the tendency of water to flow horizontally across land surfaces when rainfall has exceeded infiltration capacity and depression storage capacity. It is named after Robert E. Horton, the ecologist… …   Wikipedia

• Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes — (SLOSH) is a computerized model developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the National Weather Service (NWS) to estimate storm surge depths resulting from historical,… …   Wikipedia

• hydrosphere — /huy dreuh sfear /, n. the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere. [1885 90; HYDRO 1 + SPHERE] * * * Discontinuous layer of water at or near the Earth s surface. It… …   Universalium

• river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

• Surface runoff — Runoff flowing into a stormwater drain Surface runoff is the water flow that occurs when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water from rain, meltwater, or other sources flows over the land. This is a major component of the water… …   Wikipedia

• valley — valleylike, adj. /val ee/, n., pl. valleys. 1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream. 2. an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system …   Universalium

• Sediment — Cobbles on a beach River Rhône flowing into Lake Geneva …   Wikipedia

• MOHID Land — is the hydrology module within the three dimensional MOHID Water Modelling System. MOHID is an integrated system for water flow, consisting of three main modules: Water for three dimensional fluid dynamics, Land for hydrology and Soil for… …   Wikipedia

• MohidLand hydrology model — Overview= MOHID Land is a executable of the MOHID Water Modelling System. Watershed mathematical model or Hydrological transport model designed to simulate Drainage basin and aquifer. In MOHID Land, different processes occurring in a basin are… …   Wikipedia