Terrain water evaporation factor (Water Overlay)

Icon	Attribute	Unit	Layer	Range	Description
	WATER_EVAPORATION_FACTOR	factor	Surface		How fast this terrain can evaporate water from the underground. The weather's evaporation speed is multiplied by this factor to determine the rate of evaporation.

Terrains can be configured with plant-related attributes, similar to constructions configured as crops and foliage, allowing it to draw water from the underground and evaporate it.

Notes

• For plants to evaporate water, both the ROOT_DEPTH_M and the WATER_EVAPORATION_FACTOR must be appropriately configured.
• When a construction is present in any given location, the values for evaporation in the underground will overrule any values set by terrain in the same location. To model underground evaporation without a construction, set these attributes on the applicable terrain type instead.
• The groundwater level reduction is inversely proportional to the WATER_STORAGE_PERCENTAGE, as the contribution of a given volume of water to the groundwater level increases when the capacity for water storage in the underground layer decreases.
• When there is no construction present on the surface, and the terrain has a WATER_EVAPORATION_FACTOR of 0, the amount of evaporation which takes place in that location is 0.

How-to's

• How to add and remove an Attribute

See also

• Groundwater level formula (Water Overlay)
• Underground evaporation formula (Water Overlay)
• Underground model (Water Overlay)
• Evaporation model (Water Overlay)

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