Gravitational water

From Glossary of Meteorology



gravitational water

Water in the larger, noncapillary pores of the soil that is free to drain because there is insufficient tension to hold the water against the force of gravity; it generally flows from the soil in the first 24 hours following its appearance in the soil profile.


See also detention storage, field capacity, retention storage.


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