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infiltration rate

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003421

The maximum rate at which the soil under various specified conditions (including the presence of an already excess amount of water) can absorb falling rain or melting snow.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003421
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesSchwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsohydrologic data; infiltration (hydrology)
TranslationsSpanish: flujo de infiltración
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003421",
  "term": "infiltration rate",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The maximum rate at which the soil under various specified conditions (including the presence of an already excess amount of water) can absorb falling rain or melting snow.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "hydrologic data",
    "infiltration (hydrology)"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "flujo de infiltración"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/infiltration-rate/"
}

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