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On what factors Potential Evapotranspiration critically depends?

(a) Climatological Factors

(b) Types of Crop

(c) Types of Soils

(d) Vegetation

This question was addressed to me in final exam.

My question is taken from Water Requirements of Crops topic in section Water Requirements of Crops of Irrigation Engineering

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Right answer is (a) Climatological Factors

The best explanation: Potential Evapotranspiration (PET) involves transpiration process.  As this process consists of transpiration losses through leaves of plant, and evaporation losses from surroundings of the plant and this directly dependent on availability of moisture which when is sufficiently available to meet the needs of the vegetation then it is called PET. Therefore this clearly states PET critically depends on climatological conditions.

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