Return Flow

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024228",
  "term": "Return Flow",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. That part of a diverted flow that is not consumptively used and returned to its original source or another body of water.\n\n2. (Irrigation) Drainage water from irrigated farmlands that re-enters the water system to be used further downstream.\n\n3. Surface and subsurface water that leaves the field following application of irrigation water.\n\n4. That portion or the water diverted from a stream that finds its way back to the stream channel either as surface or underground flow.",
  "subject": "Chemicals, toxics and pesticides",
  "references": [
    "USGS Water Science Glossary of Terms",
    "Adapted from Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary",
    "Nonpoint Pollution Source from Agriculture Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/return-flow/"
}