The cover image is a simulation of water running down a slope. The slope is divided into cells. Rain falls on each cell, and infiltrates into the soil at a randomly generated rate. Any excess rainfall runs off down the slope, either straight down, down and to the left, or down and to the right, adding to the rainfall in the destination cell. The plot shows the level of runoff generated at each cell, with darker colours indicating more runoff. In this example, the rainfall rate is less than the average infiltration rate, yet we still get significant runoff, thanks to the channelling created by the random direction of the runoff. You can download the code for the simulation here.
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