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Agriculture · Q180

Environmental Science In Agricultural

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 180

Q180

An area of soil throughly wetted and allowed to drain till percolation stops will have a water content called

A.
Capillary water
B.
Storage water
C.
Field capacity
Answer
D.
Gravitational water

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
An area of soil thoroughly wetted and allowed to drain till percolation stops will have a water content called Field capacity.
Field capacity is the water content of a soil after gravitational drainage over approximately a day.
The suction that defines this value varies from soil to soil, but is generally in the range of 10 - 33 kPa. Drainable porosity of a soil is defined as the water content between field capacity and saturation.