Vocabulary Term Details

Soil water balance

Definition (http://www.icrisat.org/what-we-do/learning-opportunities/lsu-pdfs/Soil%20Water%20Balance%20for%20Crop%20Land.pdf)

Soil water balance, like a financial statement of income and expenditure, is an account of all quantities of water added, removed or stored in a given volume of soil during a given period of time. The soil water balance equation thus helps in making estimates of parameters, which influence the amount of soil water. (Icrisat.org)

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Broader TermsNarrower TermsRelated Terms
Soil hydraulic properties
Water balance
Runoff
Soil water content
Soil water deficit
Soil water retention
Evapotranspiration
Precipitation
Soil water constants
Soil water potential
Soil water regimes
Waterlogged soils

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Approved Date
06-Nov-2012

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