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Base Flow

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-002767

1. Sustained flow of a stream in the absence of direct runoff. It includes natural and human-induced streamflows. Natural base flow is sustained largely by ground-water discharge.

2. Streamflow which results from precipitation that infiltrates into the soil and it eventually moves through the soil to the stream channel.

3. Portion of river flow that comes from groundwater, rather than runoff.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-002767
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesUSGS Water Resources Data State, 2005 Definition of Terms; NOAA National Weather Service JetStream - Online School for Weather Glossary; Adapted from Chesapeake Bay Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Base Flow",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Sustained flow of a stream in the absence of direct runoff. It includes natural and human-induced streamflows. Natural base flow is sustained largely by ground-water discharge.\n\n2. Streamflow which results from precipitation that infiltrates into the soil and it eventually moves through the soil to the stream channel.\n\n3. Portion of river flow that comes from groundwater, rather than runoff.",
  "references": [
    "USGS Water Resources Data State, 2005 Definition of Terms",
    "NOAA National Weather Service JetStream - Online School for Weather Glossary",
    "Adapted from Chesapeake Bay Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/base-flow/"
}

Record 2,767 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.