Question

________ occurs when precipitation lands on vegetation or other land cover before reaching the surface.

Answer 1

Answer:

Interception

Explanation:

Interception usually refers to the type of precipitation that occurs and reaches the vegetation and the vegetative parts such as the leaves and barks, branches and floor of the forest, but it does not reaches the soil surface.

This process helps in the distribution of water at or near the ground surface. It plays an important role in the water cycle process.

In a forested ecosystem, it occurs commonly in two ways, namely the canopy interception and the forest floor interception.