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Question
Explain the run-off.
Solution
Runoff is the water that is pulled by gravity across the land’s surface. It replenishes groundwater and surface water as it percolates into an aquifer (it is an underground layer of water-bearing rock) or moves into a river, stream, or watershed.
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