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soil water regimes

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005947

The presence or absence either of ground water or of plant available water (i.e., water held at a tension of less than 1500 kPa) in the soil or in specific horizons during periods of the year. A generally accepted classification of soil moisture regimes from wet to dry includes aquic, udic, ustic, aridic, and xeric.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005947
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymssoil moisture regimes
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsosoil physics; wet environmental conditions; dry environmental conditions; plant available water; soil water; aquic regimes; saturated conditions; aridic regimes; drained conditions; poorly drained soils; unsaturated conditions; flooded conditions; udic regimes; irrigated conditions; xeric regimes; wet-dry cycles; ustic regimes
TranslationsSpanish: regímenes hídricos del suelo
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005947",
  "term": "soil water regimes",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The presence or absence either of ground water or of plant available water (i.e., water held at a tension of less than 1500 kPa) in the soil or in specific horizons during periods of the year. A generally accepted classification of soil moisture regimes from wet to dry includes aquic, udic, ustic, aridic, and xeric.",
  "synonyms": [
    "soil moisture regimes"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "soil physics",
    "wet environmental conditions",
    "dry environmental conditions",
    "plant available water",
    "soil water",
    "aquic regimes",
    "saturated conditions",
    "aridic regimes",
    "drained conditions",
    "poorly drained soils",
    "unsaturated conditions",
    "flooded conditions",
    "udic regimes",
    "irrigated conditions",
    "xeric regimes",
    "wet-dry cycles",
    "ustic regimes"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "regímenes hídricos del suelo"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/soil-water-regimes/"
}

Record 5,947 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.