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What is interception?
Think about how trees interact with rain.
What is throughfall?
Consider water dripping from leaves.
What is interception in hydrology?
Focus on how trees deal with rain.
True or False: Throughfall is the portion of water that evaporates back into the atmosphere.
Think about what dripping water means.
Calculate the total interception loss for a forest if the gross precipitation is 200 mm, throughfall is 120 mm, and stemflow is 30 mm.
Don't forget to apply the formula correctly.
Discuss how variations in tree species affect interception and provide examples of species that have higher interception capacities.
Think about leaf structure and how it captures water.
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