pH san leash as law as 3 s or i a ham nahasal hurrur layers, and rims run hue clear eoiiee Io seo. selnw lhe humus hes lhe "u: mosseaeh elolheo ln hlngal hyphae and lhe gels score-ed by haeleoal eolonlrs 30—40% or rhe hull ol she hoe llsell lies in shr sou; mosr or lhls ellrnds mes many aeres, wilh shousands ol lsllomrsles 01mm halss lymg mas- he ln lhe upper 50 on 0! soll inoly mum oi lhe rool rnass hes bdow lhls deplh oul (he remalnlng nlols penesrale as mlseh as w m deep in she mks helowl The sonl mal aehyely absorbs she snhlllon lhas wares has heenrne. lransporllng ll up lhe sree agaln lo lransplre lo ale Sol-he dryland planr louls ouild up a dnrnp. II surround, and may be slslrlng surplus wam so she eanh lar dayslme use, lhls wales is held ln lhe mm assooalesas gels cl-nlmsmn and cledllsla both are deyland woody legumes which have 'wll" ml zones, and olhee planls are also reporled lo do lhr same ln desonsolls lrrosoms spp l The soll parsleles around rhe lrea ore now wened wish a surlaee lllrn olwaaer, as wore rhe loayss and lool hairs l'hls hound wales lorrns a illm ayallahle so moss. which can remove lhe wales down lo l5 almospheres or pressure, when lhe snll relallss lho lasl lhln hlrn Onse soil ls lnlly sharged las '[leld (ipacfly"L lsee waler as lass pereololes shrough lhe inreroslslal spares of lhe soll and eommenees a slow plugn’sslon m rhe shearns, and lhehse lo sea Al any llnse, lrees may lnleleepl and draw on shese underground resowes has gmwfll, and pump lhe waler again so als, ll we lrnagane lhz visible labovrgmund) loses- as waleeland all bu! dboul $m'ih ol lhls snass I5 walorl, and rhen lrnaglne lhe wales eonlalned ln soll, humus, and rool malel-lal, lhe loresrs represonl greal lalses oi aeorely managed and aellyely reeyeled wales, No olhor sloragesyslesn is so benefinal, or sesulls in so mueh ugiul gowlh, alshough lalely shallow ponds are also yaluahlo plodueslre landscape Al lhe erown, loleerul r hdrops are brulven up and scanered, olren lo misl or eoaloseed imu small barkrhssund slrerrns, and so deseend |u eaesh wbbed oi rhe lsinellc enorgy lhal deslroys the soll mamle oussule iorosls. Furlher lmpeosneo lakcs plaee on me loresl floor. where rooss, llllor, logs, and leaves redirees. slowdown, and pool she waler Thus, ln lhe losesl, she soil manslo has every opponulslly lo ael as a major soorage As eyen poor solls slore wales, the soil lrseu ls an imll'wnse polmulal waler srosage INFXLTRATION lo shlr ssolage along met: and shrough hller ls rnalsinused ln iomls nlesoil has several slorages- . RETENTION glance as a film or wares bound In lhe soil parlleles, held hysurlaselsnsloo - INTEmAL sloRAGE as wamrrfilltd cal/mes bemoan soil pankks. . HUMUS STORAGE as swollen mycosshlzal and spongy denim: ln lhe humicwnlenl olsolls, A lesser ssosage ar chmlrallyrbound wales in mmblnanun wins elalsm lhe so . As a genesahsalron, 2.5—7 ml ll-a Inches) ol nm ls 150 stored per 30 sln llz lnehesl doplh sal soll manllo ln n-ronllon slorage, allhough solls nl (inl: lelslure and hlgh organle sonrens may stem Ill—m cm (442 lnrhesl 0! mm per 30 em depsh. ln addsllon, 0-5 Cm um Indies) may he smkd as lnsershllal ssorage Thus lhe soll ooeornos an lmpedlrnens In wales movernenr, and the hoe llnlersllliall waler ears lalse as long as He years lo pesoolale shnlugh ro slrearns areally ollewalsng droughls, H also seeharges lho Nlenllml slnlages on lhe way. Thus, ll almosl seems as though she purpose ol she loreses ls lo glve soll llme and means so hold hesh walrr on land This ls, oi eonrso, good lor lhe losesls lhomselyes, and enables [hem lo draw on wales mservzs oelween perlods ol raln loldum, W74), 6] SUMMARY Lel us now ho eleas ahoul how lrees alleel lolal preslplsahon. The use lakon ls when wlnds blow lnland lroln an man or large lake- I The WAKE! ln lhe alr ls shal evaporaled lsom sho sslelasw o1 lho sea or lake l| oonralnsa lew sall ponleles bul ls elean- A lmall propoellon rnay lall as raln (152%), am moss ollhls wares ls CONDENSED oul ol elear nighs als or logs by lhe sool surlaees ol leaves (30-35%,01 lhls rondensale, ISVe eyaporales by day and 50-1 is rsanspired The real enless lhe groundwaeer Thus. rrres arr rrspmlslblt far more uvllrr ln sorearns Ihlm lhe nan/all alone omrldes, 2 or she raln rhal ralls, 25% agaln mevnpunles lrora erown leaves, and 50% ls lransplred, Thls mulsmre ls added loslouds, whieh are now as leasl sol: ‘lru “lulu" Those elollds travel on lnland lo rain agaln Thus lrees rna double or mulhply ram/oil llsell by lhls prsleess. whleh can be repealed rnany slmos ova erlenslye lolesled plalns or loolhslls 3 As lhe als rlses lnland, lhe preel hon and eondensaslon lnsreases, and moss loresls plus slandlng elouds may lolrn ln mounralns, adding eonsidenbly lo loral preelpllasion and lnolhauon lo she lower slopes and ssseams i Wheneyer Wlnds pass over nee lines or loresr edges of lz m an lea) or more in helghl, Ekmansplnls deyelsap, addlng ml or so lo rllnlall ln bands which roughly parallel lhe nee hné s. wllhln rhe losesl. 40% of lhe lneldsnl air mass may onler and mu lose waler or he rehumldllled o. And, so every use, loin is more likely lo lall as a result or organlc parlleles lasrnlng nude" Inr eondensalion, whereas lndusslaal aerosols are loo small lo eause ram and lnslrad produee dry, sloudy eon sins Thus, ll we den! lhe loress, whas is Id! ml dusr’