wet; a term often used to describe a typically wet habitat, one which holds water for most or all of the year except during the driest times.

having or characterized by excessive moisture; "a hydric habitat"

pertaining to, or adapted to a wet or moist environment hydrologic budget – the components of atmospheric water which include precipitation, evaporation, surface runoff, subsurface runoff, and groundwater recharge. impervious surfaces – manmade or natural materials through which water, air or roots cannot penetrate and which prevents the movement of surface water down to the water table.

full of a considerable amount of moisture

wet; generally refers to the soil in an environment.

soils: soils found in saturated, anaerobic environments usually characterized by gray or mottled appearance, found in wetlands.

Wet, when referring to a soil.

characterized by, relating to, or requiring an abundance of water.

characterized as requiring ample water or moisture.

Characterized by, relating to or requiring an abundance of moisture.

a soil with periods of wetness that exhibits evidence of that wetness (mottles, gleying, redox conditions at times).

Hydric environmental conditions are ones that are very wet. Compare with very dry conditions ( xeric) and medium moisture conditions ( mesic).

Soil that is saturated for sufficient periods of time to produce anærobic conditions.