The depth of water required to bring the soil moisture content of a given soil upto its field capacity is called

Related MCQs

• The maximum depth in soil strata, in which the crop spreads its root system, and derives water from the soil, is called
• The moisture content of the soil, after free drainage has removed most of the gravity water, is known as
• The water content at which plants can no-longer extract sufficient water from the soil for its growth, is called
• When the upstream face of a gravity dam is vertical, then the intensity of water pressure at the water surface and at the base respectively will be (where w is unit weight of water and H is the depth of water.)
• The total depth of water required by a crop during the entire period the crop is in the field, is known as
• The maximum average depth due to one day storm over an area of 100 km2 is 100 mm. Depth-Area-Duration (DAD) curves indicate that for the same area of 100 km2 the maximum average depth for a 3 hour storm will be
• Capillary water is a useful soil moisture for the growth of plants.
• The term balancing depth has the same meaning as the depth of water in canal.
• The field capacity of a soil depends upon
• The movement of water through the soil surface into the soil, is called infilteration.