Water that is free to move through a soil mass under the influences of gravity.
available water; unbound water.
liquid water present in a snow layer.
Moisture within the cell cavities of wood, not in the cell walls. Loss of free water does not result in appreciable shrinkage.
Moisture found in the cell cavities of wood.
Liquid water in the cell cavities of wood.
Soil water that moves by gravity, in contrast to capillary and hydroscopic water.
Liquid water within a mass of deposited snow.
free water is that portion of the pore water that is free to move between interconnected pores under the influence of gravity. Free water at the base of Dirt Glacier, British Columbia, in 1904. (Photo courtesy of C.W. Wright. Archived at the World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder, CO.)