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CAPILLARY ZONE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The lower subdivision of the zone of aeration, immediately above the water table, in which the interstices are filled with water under pressure less than that of the atmosphere, being continuous with the water below the water table but held above it by surface tension.

OBS

Its upper boundary with the intermediate belt is indistinct, but is sometimes defined arbitrarily as the level at which 50 percent of the interstices are filled with water.

Key term(s)
  • capillary moisture zone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Dans une nappe d'eau souterraine, horizon contenant l'eau capillaire et situé immédiatement au-dessus de la nappe phréatique.

OBS

Cet horizon est perpétuellement alimenté en eau par capillarite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mecánica del suelo
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Zona inmediatamente por encima del nivel freático en la que todos los intersticios están ocupados por agua a una presión menor que la atmosférica.

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