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close this bookBetter Farming Series 28 - Water: Where Water Comes from (FAO, 1981, 31 p.)
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View the documentRainfall
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View the documentGroundwater can become surface water
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86. Water on the surface of the ground comes from both groundwater and from surface water run- off.


Water on the surface