water holding capacity

Total amount of water held in a freely drained soil per increment of depth. It is the amount of water held between field capacity and oven dry moisture level, expressed in cm/cm (in./in.), cm/m (in./ft.), or total centimeters (in.) for a specific soil depth. Sometimes called total water holding capacity. See [[available water capacity]].

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