Glossary:Soil Water

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Soil Water
Water diffused within the soil. In the saturated zone this will fill pore spaces, in the aerated upper zones water is lost through evaporation to the atmosphere and transpiration of plants. Here though water usually still persists as in micropores and as films around soil particles.

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