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Interception, or
canopy interception, refers to
precipitation that doesn't reach the soil, but is instead intercepted by the leaves and branches of plants. It occurs in the
canopy, and in the
forest ground litter. Because of
evaporation, interception of liquid water leads to loss of that precipitation for the
drainage basin. Intercepted
snowfall doesn't result in any notable amount of evaporation, and most of the snow falls off the tree by wind or melt. However, intercepted snow can more easily drift with the wind, out of the watershed.
Conifers have greater interception than
hardwoods. Their needles gives them more
surface area for
droplets to adhere to, and they've
foliage in
spring and
fall, therefore interception also depends on the type of vegetation in a wooded area. The precipitation that's intercepted by plant foliage
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