AVAILABLE WATER HOLDING CAPACITY


Meaning of AVAILABLE WATER HOLDING CAPACITY in English

The capacity of a soil to hold water in a form available to plants. Also, the amount of moisture held in the soil between field capacity, or about one-third atmosphere of tension, and the wilting coefficient, or about 15 atmospheres of tension.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.