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1969 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Infiltration and Percolation

Author : E. M. Wilson, Ph.D., M.Sc., F.I.C.E.

Published in: Engineering Hydrology

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK

Included in: Professional Book Archive

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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 it is impermeable.

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Title
Infiltration and Percolation
Author
E. M. Wilson, Ph.D., M.Sc., F.I.C.E.
Copyright Year
1969
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Book
Engineering Hydrology

Print ISBN: 978-1-349-00331-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-349-00329-7

Copyright Year: 1969

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00329-7_4