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Soils and rocks with big panes, joints and cracks allow more infiltration to occur / the more permeable the surface rocks are , the higher the rate of infiltration while impermeable rocks do not allow water to pass though them.
- Vegetation cover
Where there is plenty of vegetation cover the surface run off is obstructed. Its speed is slowed and most of the water has time to sink into the ground.
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