| Interception |
- Interception is the part of the rainfall that is intercepted by the earth’s surface and which subsequently evaporates.
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- The interception can take place by vegetal cover or depression storage in puddles and in land formations such as rills and furrows.
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- Interception can amount up to 15-50% of precipitation, which is a significant part of the water balance.
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| Depression storage |
- Depression storage is the natural depressions within a catchment area which store runoff. Generally, after the depression storage is filled, runoff starts.
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- A paved surface will not detain as much water as a recently furrowed field.
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- The relative importance of depression storage in determining the runoff from a given storm depends on the amount and intensity of precipitation in the storm.
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