The Maximum Time Water Can Be Excluded from the Hydrologic

question 29

Multiple Choice

The maximum time water can be excluded from the hydrologic cycle (that is, exist in "storage") is, at least,

• A) a day.
• B) a month.
• C) a year.
• D) tens of years.
• E) hundreds of thousands of years.

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