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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

 

   

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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),

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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
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Thus, ll we den! lhe loress, whas is Id! ml dusr’