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7 Water balance<br />

Implementation <strong>of</strong> vegetation systems:<br />

greened area = unsealed or partly unsealed<br />

E<br />

T<br />

ΔW<br />

Water balance<br />

R<br />

P<br />

ΔW<br />

Precipitation<br />

E<br />

FK FK<br />

P � ET � R � �W<br />

R<br />

T<br />

Run-<strong>of</strong>f<br />

Transpiration<br />

E<br />

FK: Field capacity<br />

Elements <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> water balance in a <strong>tram</strong> <strong>track</strong> naturation<br />

ΔW<br />

R<br />

T<br />

P= Precipitation;<br />

ET= Evaporation and<br />

Transpiration;<br />

R= Run-<strong>of</strong>f;<br />

ΔW=Water balance in<br />

<strong>the</strong> vegetations system<br />

[mm or l/m²];<br />

FK = field capacity<br />

Barcelona www.<strong>tram</strong>via.org<br />

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