Ask an Expert: Do different types of soil hold different amounts of water?
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Do different types of soil hold different amounts of water?
I am having trouble finding articles on this subject that i am doing for my science fair project. Can anyone help me or tell me some websites that could help me do some of my research??
Thank you in advance
Thank you in advance
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hi!
what do you mean by different types of soil holding different amounts of water? Are you asking about how much water a certain sample of soil could absorb? If you are, I found one site about the soil:
http://www.uwsp.edu/geO/faculty/ritter/ ... nce_1.html
Look under soil moisture storage
hope this helps!
what do you mean by different types of soil holding different amounts of water? Are you asking about how much water a certain sample of soil could absorb? If you are, I found one site about the soil:
http://www.uwsp.edu/geO/faculty/ritter/ ... nce_1.html
Look under soil moisture storage
hope this helps!
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!"
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~ Sir Walter Scott
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OH! I think I understand what you are asking. Sorry... my brain is a little muddled after all of my studying. Here are some more sites that might be useful:
http://www.greenviewblog.com/2005/04/so ... and_w.html
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/env99/env165.htm
http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=2226
Hope this helps!
http://www.greenviewblog.com/2005/04/so ... and_w.html
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/env99/env165.htm
http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=2226
Hope this helps!

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!"
~ Sir Walter Scott
~ Sir Walter Scott
Hi,
This is a major focus of my research, so if you can provide more specific information about your project I can probably give some substantial help.
For starters, you should do web searches for the terms "moisture retention" and "field capacity". Let us know if you have any problems or questions about that.
Chris
This is a major focus of my research, so if you can provide more specific information about your project I can probably give some substantial help.
For starters, you should do web searches for the terms "moisture retention" and "field capacity". Let us know if you have any problems or questions about that.
Chris