Available Water Capacity
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Agriculture & Forestry Dictionary
Definition
An agriculture and forestry concept defining practices, measurements, or management tools used in land-based production and stewardship. It applies when operational prerequisites are satisfied and produces defined effects on productivity, sustainability, or resource condition. It does not replace monitoring and adaptive management and cannot ensure outcomes without proper implementation.
Available Water Capacity
Commerce, Trade & Industry Dictionary
Definition
The volume of water a soil can store and make available to plants in the active root zone, typically expressed as the difference between soil water content at an upper retention limit (commonly field capacity) and a lower extraction limit (commonly permanent wilting point), reported per unit depth (e.g., mm water per metre soil); it depends on texture, structure, organic matter and rooting depth.