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This excess water is called surface runoff. Another name is overland flow. Surface runoff is important in the water cycle because it can cause soil erosion.
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What refers to to water that flows over earths surface?
If you are talking about land above sea , then it would be called run off, because when precipitation falls , whether it is rain or snow , at some point it usually makes its way from the land to the sea via flowing over the surface of the earth.
What is earths water name?
Earth's water is called the hydrosphere.
A row across the periodic table is called a?
groupsi
What is the bouncing of light off a surface called?
The bouncing of light off a surface is called reflection. When a light wave is bent it is called refraction.
The measure of the force with air molecules push on a surface is called?
The measure of the force due to air pressing on a surface is called the force.If you divide that by the area of the surface, then you have the pressure.
What is the water that moves across the Earth's surface after a rainfall called?
Runoff
What water that moves across earth surface after rainfall is called?
runoff
What is the water that moves across earths surface after a rain fall called?
Runoff
What is the idea of giant plates of rock moving slowly across earths surface called?
rocks
Water that flows downhill along Earths surface is called?
Runoff is the water flowing downhill across the surface of the Earth.
What is water that doesn't sink in but runs across earths surface?
Water that doesn't sink in but runs across the Earth's surface is called surface water. This includes rivers, streams, creeks, and runoff from rain or snowmelt that flows over the ground.
When earths regions of earths surface sinks down what is it called?
Subsidence.
What do we call a measure of height above earths surface?
Height above earths surface is called elevation
What is earths top surface?
It is called the crust.
What is the earths flat surface called?
Projection
What is the name of earths surface layer?
The Earth's surface layer is called the crust.
What is molten material beneath earths surface called?
it is called magma.
