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evapotranspiration
1. The combined processes of evaporation, sublimation, and transpiration of water from the earth's surface into the atmosphere.
2. The total loss of water from a particular area, equal to the sum of the amount of water lost by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and the amount lost by transpiration from plants.
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