Soil is a hydrologic system, which receives inputs of water, stores this water, and then loses (outputs) some or all of this water to other locations. Using the text and Figure 12.16, identify the sources of the soil’s water inputs, the types of storage, and the different ways water is released (output) from the soil.

Figure 12.16

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input precipitation infiltration gravity water (incoming) soil water output water vapor 2; (lost to atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration) gravity water (outcoming) (lost from the soil to the subsoil and groundwater) capillary water (soil water) capillary water (held in the soil output and available for evaporation and transpiration) storage