It depends on the nutrient. Phosphorous most often travels attached to soil particles and moves with erosion and runoff. Nitrogen moves primarily as nitrate which does not attach to soil particles and, therefore, leaches readily by moving down through the soil. Although these are the dominant pathways, phosphorus can leach, and nitrogen can run off.
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