how do root hair increase the surface area for absorption of water?

Each root hair zone has thousands of root hairs. Root hairs are tubular outgrowths. Each root hair has a central vacuole filled with osmotically active cell sap and a peripheral cytoplasm. The wall of root hair is thin and permeable to water. Root hairs absorb capillary water from soil particles. 

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