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dagvatten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • runoff noun Rain or irrigation water that flows off the surface of the land instead of soaking in.

Senses

dagvatten is used for these senses in English:

  • runoff That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
  • stormwater Water 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.

runoff — full definition

  1. noun Rain or irrigation water that flows off the surface of the land instead of soaking in.
  2. noun An additional round of a competition or election held to settle a tie or narrow down finalists.

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