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Hydraulic conductivity

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003252

The capacity of a rock to transmit water. It is expressed as the volume of water at the existing kinematic viscosity that will move in unit time under a unit hydraulic gradient through a unit area measured at right angles to the direction of flow.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003252
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymshydraulic conductance
ReferencesUSGS, Glossary; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoSoil hydraulic properties; Hydrologic data; Hydraulic head; Sodium adsorption ratio; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity
TranslationsSpanish: conductividad hidráulica
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003252",
  "term": "Hydraulic conductivity",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The capacity of a rock to transmit water. It is expressed as the volume of water at the existing kinematic viscosity that will move in unit time under a unit hydraulic gradient through a unit area measured at right angles to the direction of flow.",
  "synonyms": [
    "hydraulic conductance"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "soil hydraulic properties",
    "hydrologic data",
    "hydraulic head",
    "sodium adsorption ratio",
    "saturated hydraulic conductivity",
    "unsaturated hydraulic conductivity"
  ],
  "references": [
    "USGS, Glossary",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "conductividad hidráulica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/hydraulic-conductivity/"
}

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