Transpiration
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To accomplish this herculean task, the xylem relies on three forces:
transpiration
, capillary action, and root pressure.
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If we take all the Amazon, which is a very large area, and add it up to all that water that is released by transpiration, which is the sweat of the forest, we'll get to an incredible number: 20 billion metric tons of water.
This evaporation, called transpiration, creates negative pressure in the xylem, pulling watery xylem sap up the tree.
It's capillary action and
transpiration
pulls water up, a drop at a time, pulling it, releasing it from a leaf and pulling it up through the roots.
Similarly, on a hot day, the air in a forest is cooler than over adjacent bare lands, thanks to evaporation and
transpiration
in the trees.
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