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Return flow

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runoffnounThat portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
interflownounA flowing between two or more entities.
farm runoffnounWater leaving farm fields, polluted by animal waste and fertilizers.
outflownounThe process of flowing out.
throughflownoun(hydrology) The movement of water horizontally beneath the land surface, usually when the soil is completely saturated.
effluentnoun(uncountable) Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water.
flownounMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
stormwaternounWater that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream, increasing the level of waterways. In some municipal systems it intermixes with wastewater, increasing the volume of the latter.
subirrigationnoun(agriculture) A method of irrigation where water is delivered to the plant rootzone from below the soil surface and absorbed upwards. The excess water may be collected for reuse.
flowbacknounThe flowing backward of a fluid.
effluxionnounThe process of flowing out.
fertigationnoun(agriculture) The application of fertilizers or other water-soluble products through an irrigation system.
flowdownnounThe process by which something flows downward.
mudflownounA type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
flowthroughnounflow (through a system or process)
downflownounA downward flow.
rechargenoun(countable) The process of charging (an electrical device) again.
exfiltrationnoun(computer security) The covert extraction of data from a system.
blowdownnoun(forestry) Uprooting, overtopping, or bole breakage of trees by the wind; windthrow and windsnap.
infiltrationnounThe act of secretly entering a physical location and/or organization.

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