The rate at which water penetrates the surface of the soil at any given instant, usually expressed in inches per hour. The rate can be limited by the infiltration capacity of the soil or the rate at which water is applied at the surface.
The rate in inches per hour that water moves into the soil. This rate slows with time.
The quantity of water that enters the soil surface in a specified time interval. Often expressed in volume of water per unit of soil surface area per unit of time.
the rate that rainfall soaks into the soil surface
Rate of absorption and downward movement of water into the soil layer.
In hydrologic terms, (1) The rate at which infiltration takes place expressed in depth of water per unit time, usually in inches per hour. (2) The rate, usually expressed in cubic feet per second, or million gallons per day per mile of waterway, at which ground water enters an infiltration ditch or gallery, drain, sewer, or other underground conduit.
The rate at which water penetrates the earth's surface.
generally used in relation to sprinkler irrigation, the rate at which the soil will take in water. Expressed or measured in inches or centimeters per hour.
The amount of water that is absorbed by soils in an amount of time (e.g., millimeters of water absorbed per hour or mm/hr).
The amount of time required for a known amount (volume or weight) of water to soak through the soil.
Usually measured in inches per hour or meters per second, it is the rate at which water filters through the soil.
Maximum rate at which soil under specified conditions can absorb rain or shallow impounded water, expressed in quantity of water absorbed by the soil per unit of time; e.g., inches per hour.
The absorption of water into the ground expressed in terms of inches/hour.
Downward movement or entry of water into the soil.
The quantity of water that can enter the soil in a specified time interval.
The rate at which water moves through a soil tested in the field. Measured in inches per hour or meters per second. See ASTM D 3385 and 5093 and compare to Permeability.
Rate of water entry into the surface layers of soils.
The rate at which water enters soil. (Compare to hydraulic conductivity.)
The rate at which water penetrates the surface of a soil measured in mm/hr or mm/day.
Quantity of water (usually measured in inches) that will enter a particular type of soil per unit time (usually one hour).
The rate at which a liquid enters a porous material, expressed as volumetric rate per unit area.
