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Preferred term

water balance

Definition

[Henderson's] the balance between the water intake of an organism directly, in food, and as metabolic water, and the water lost by excretion and evaporation.

Broader concept

water cycle

Note

[controlled by ] Leca Stefan 14.06.2013

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Chinese

水分平衡

Japanese

水収支

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21202

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Created 2/14/13, last modified 3/28/22

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