Leaching
From Glossary of Meteorology
leaching
- The removal of materials in solution from soil, rock, or waste.
- Separation or dissolving out of soluble constituents from a porous medium by percolation of water.
Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Water Data Coordination 1989. The Federal Glossary of Selected Terms: Subsurface Waterflow and Solute Transport.