Explore: Soil Infiltration Rate

 The infiltration capacity decreases as the soil moisture content of soils surface layers increases. If the precipitation rate exceeds the infiltration rate

the more uniform. Soil infiltration rate – how quickly the water is absorbed by the soil, the rate of which also decreases as the soil becomes wetter, also

for the infiltration and movement of air and water, both of which are critical for life existing in soil. Compaction, a common problem with soils, reduces

a permanent pool of water. Infiltration basins must be carefully designed to infiltrate the soil on a given site at a rate that will not cause flooding

An infiltrometer is a device used to measure the rate of water infiltration into soil or other porous media. Commonly used infiltrometers are single-ring

Over-irrigation deposits salts in upper soil layers as a byproduct of soil infiltration; irrigation merely increases the rate of salt deposition. The best-known

evapo-transpiration rates, which changes infiltration and runoff ratios; d) soil erodibility changes due to decrease in soil organic matter concentrations in soils that

located beneath the ground surface Infiltration (hydrology) – Process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil Phreatic zone – Zone in an aquifer

for rainwater flow through soil, magnifying infiltration rates of water up to 27 times. Flooding temporarily increases soil permeability in river beds

Soil pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of a soil. Soil pH is a key characteristic that can be used to make informative analysis both