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  • noun hydrology The movement of water horizontally beneath the land surface, usually when the soil is completely saturated.

Etymologies

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through +‎ flow

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Examples

  • This 'throughflow' ink system means the heads are inherently resistant to clogging and work well with both high viscosity inks and heavy pigment particles.

    Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox XAAR plc 2010

  • Quantitative comparison of lake throughflow, residency, and catchment runoff using stable isotopes: modelling and results from a survey of Boreal lakes.

    Historical changes in freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009

  • Water enters the stream system by direct precipitation in the channel, from runoff, throughflow, and by groundwater flow.

    Stream 2008

  • A drainage basin is the topographic region from which a stream receives runoff, throughflow, and groundwater flow.

    Drainage basin 2007

  • This suggests the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation depends not only on the existence of a DP throughflow, but also on the depth of the sills in the Southern Ocean to be interesting.

    Unthreaded #10 « Climate Audit 2007

  • This flow represents the water added from distant tributaries and from throughflow that occurs in surface soils and sediments.

    Surface runoff of water 2006

  • Continuous-feed plants are those in which there is a continuous throughflow of biomass, resulting in a near-constant volume of slurry in the digester.

    5. Biogas technique 1989

  • Fixed-dome plant; F: Quality factor for thorough mixing and favorable throughflow conditions, normal situation = 100% (Source: OEKOTOP)

    5. Biogas technique 1989

  • Normal throughflow: The filtration rate is controlled jointly by valves E and F.

    3. Technologies 1985

  • Alternatively, the foregoing mode of operation for decreasing throughflow could be chosen.

    3. Technologies 1985

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