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Title: URBANIZATION INCREASES IMPERVIOUS COVER
Caption: Aerial view of Santa Barbara, California, which, like most other U.S. cities, has much of its land surface covered by paved streets, sidewalks and parking lots, and buildings. This impervious land cover blocks the infiltration of water and increases surface runoff. (Edward A. Keller)
Keywords: streams, rivers, water, floods, flooding, urbanization