Definition of Run off

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Run off

The term 'Run off' as it applies to the area of energy can be defined as ' That portion of the precipitation that flows over the land surface and ultimately reaches streams to completethe water cycle. Melting snow is an important source of this water as well as all amounts of surface water that move to streams or rivers through any given area of a drainage basin'.

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