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… InternatIonal UnIon for ConservatIon of natUre Water in drylands Editors: Jonathan … rainfall can be lost through evaporation from the dry soil surface, particularly when infiltration rates are low or … cover, including in terms of biodiversity, or through soil sealing). Molden and Oweis (2007) state that as much as …

… the regulation of the use of water and the protection and conservation of water resources and their ecosystems, this … as lakes, reservoirs and rivers, as well as from moist soil and other surfaces. Considerable amounts of water vapour … the ground through infiltration may be held in the soil, to eventually return to the surface through capillary …