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The groundwater recharge flux is the residuum of the infiltration flux after accounting for water storage, losses by evapo-transpiration and of inter-flow in the percolation zone; it enters groundwater through the capillary fringe and the groundwater table.
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Seiler, KP., Gat, J. (2007). Mechanisms and Processes of Recharge. In: Groundwater Recharge from Run-Off, Infiltration and Percolation. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5306-1_3
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