Concepts

The bidirectional exchange of water between groundwater aquifers and surface water bodies including streams, with groundwater contributing baseflow to streams and streams providing recharge to groundw...

The degree to which water movement is facilitated or impeded through connected flow paths in subsurface sediments

The division of water flow between different hydrological pathways including surface flow, shallow subsurface flow, and deep groundwater flow

The downward movement of water from surface water to groundwater, occurring through infiltration and percolation processes and declining under warming due to increased evapotranspiration

The movement of eroded soil and rock particles by water flow

Overland flow that occurs when rainfall intensity exceeds the rate at which water can enter the soil