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Infiltration and Percolation

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When rain falls upon the ground it first of all wets the vegetation or the bare soil. When the surface cover is completely wet, subsequent rain must either penetrate the surface layers if the surface is permeable, or run off the surface towards a stream channel if the surface is impermeable.

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    E. M. Wilson PhD MSc FICE FASCE (Professor of Hydraulic Engineering)

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Wilson, E.M. (1990). Infiltration and Percolation. In: Engineering Hydrology. Red Globe Press, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20610-0_4

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