field capacity

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-010928

The maximum amount of water that a soil can retain after excess water from saturated conditions has been drained by the force of gravity.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-010928
Field	Environment
Subject	Land, waste and cleanup
References	Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks

Record as JSON

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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010928",
  "term": "field capacity",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The maximum amount of water that a soil can retain after excess water from saturated conditions has been drained by the force of gravity.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/field-capacity/"
}

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