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Runoff

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Runoff meaning

That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area. | Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water. | A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.

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At first, opposition activists were calling for a runoff between Mesa and Morales: The Oct. 25 vote count shows Morales winning by just over 10 points, or just enough to avoid a runoff.

Rainwater harvesting, the practice of collecting and storing storm water runoff from roofs and other hard surfaces for future use, is one practical way to reduce impacts associated with residential storm water runoff.

The sources, of course, of this runoff, is like I said, the town, establishments along the river, agriculture runoff into the river from agricultural lands upstream, and then BSI, as well,” Cho went on to note.

This meant getting deep into the weeds about various runoff management devices and techniques that help us alleviate the problems with uncontrolled runoff while also examining the nuances between different installations.

Young won in a 2015 runoff and Felder won in the 2017 runoff.

Madagascar's Provisional Results say Rajoelina Wins Runoff (2 days ago) - Madagascar's electoral commission has announced provisional results in the runoff presidential election, saying Andry Rajoelina.

Malians Vote in Presidential Runoff (Yesterday) - Malians voted in a presidential runoff election Sunday amid heavy security to thwart violence, deciding.

Their observational daily runoff data came from the Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC) datasets, and daily precipitation and near-surface air temperature data from Global Summary of the Day (GSOD) dataset.

Almost all runoff from the North Rim (which also gets more rain and snow ) flows toward the Grand Canyon, while much of the runoff on the plateau behind the South Rim flows away from the canyon (following the general tilt).

Concentration of runoff Beaches provide a filter for runoff from the coastal plain.

Deprivation of runoff Some flora naturally occurring on the beach head requires fresh water runoff from the land.

Here is an example to illustrate: Suppose the voters' orders of preference are as follows: The voters who prefer S over W also prefer X over W. W is the winner under Plurality Rule, Top Two Runoff, and Instant Runoff.

Instant runoff voting Instant runoff voting is vulnerable to push-over and compromising strategies (although it is less vulnerable to compromising than the plurality system).

Instant-runoff voting main Instant-runoff voting (IRV) (also known as Preferential voting or Alternative Vote (AV)) like the exhaustive ballot involves multiple reiterative counts in which the candidate with fewest votes is eliminated each time.

The removal of vegetation increases the rate of surface erosion. citation Topography The topography of the land determines the velocity at which surface runoff will flow, which in turn determines the erosivity of the runoff.

This run-off did not take into account party identification; therefore, it was not uncommon for a Democrat to be in a runoff with a fellow Democrat or a Republican to be in a runoff with a fellow Republican.

According to the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board, flows and levels on the Ottawa River continued to rise on Wednesday, May 3 due to increased runoff from significant rainfall over the entire basin received over the last few days.

A double-crested cormorant sits on a utility wire high above the Santa Ana River flowing with muddy water runoff from Tropical Storm Hilary, in Anaheim on Tuesday, August 22, 2023.

After also being backed by Mitt Romney, whose 2008 White House run she had supported, Haley nearly won the GOP primary outright and was victorious in the runoff.

After none of the nine candidates reached 50% of the vote, the two leading candidates, Vallas and Johnson, headed to a runoff election.