Evapotranspiration Quiz
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What happens to some of the rainfall and snowmelt in the drainage basin?

  • It infiltrates the soil and is eventually transpired by plants or evaporates directly into the atmosphere (correct)
  • It forms large puddles on the land surfaces
  • It accumulates in the river channels
  • It all runs off into the river channels
  • What accounts for more than three quarters of the annual precipitation over the drainage basin?

  • Runoff into river channels
  • Evapotranspiration losses (correct)
  • Infiltration into the soil
  • Snowmelt
  • Where does most of the river's flow in the drainage basin come from?

  • Runoff from the arid western section of the drainage basin
  • Runoff from the wetter eastern part of the drainage basin (correct)
  • Evapotranspiration losses
  • Infiltration into the soil
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