Evapotranspiration Definition

ĭ-văpō-trănspə-rāshən
noun
The total water loss from the soil, including that by direct evaporation and that by transpiration from the surfaces of plants.
Webster's New World
The total amount of water transferred from the earth to the atmosphere.
American Heritage

Origin of Evapotranspiration

  • evapo(ration) transpiration

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • evaporation + transpiration

    From Wiktionary

Evapotranspiration Sentence Examples

  • The climate variable is based on three levels of potential evapotranspiration (ET ), which are represented by three sites in eastern Colorado.

  • The reduced evapotranspiration means low humidity, resulting in a climate which has similarities with the Mediterranean.

  • The UNEP Aridity Index (based on a ratio of annual precipitation to mean annual potential evapotranspiration) data added to the karst dataset.

  • Ecological assumptions entered into the models that were then used to predict evapotranspiration and net photosynthesis.

  • For example, deforestation can mean smaller evapotranspiration which leads to reduced rainfall.

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