Outlines of Forestry Or the Elementary Principles Underlying the Science of F
Outlines of Forestry Or the Elementary Principles Underlying the Science of F
Edwin J Edwin James Houston
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The damage due to the overflowing of the rivers, or that directly due to too much water. 2. The damage due to the drying up, or the getting too low, of the rivers in the intervals be- tween the storms, or that due to too little water. The proportion of the rainfall that sinks quietly into the earth, as compared with that which flows directly off its surface, depends on the character of the surface. As a rule, a surface devoid of vegetable covering that is, a surface on which no vegetation is gr...owing will permit a larger DRAINAGE. 113 proportion of the rainfall to drain directly into the river channels than will a surface covered by vegetation. This is especially the case during the colder parts of the year, when the ground is frozen. "When rain falls on a surface covered by vegeta- tion, the water, by slowly trickling down the stalks or stems of the leaves and the branches and trunks of the trees, finds a ready entrance into the ground by following their surfaces and discharging into the porous ground lying around their roots.
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