Abstract:
The maximum water holding capacity, field capacity, moisture retained at
tensions of 1 , 5, 10 and 15 bar were highest in brown hydromorphic soils and those
diminished in the order of riverine alluvium and coastal alluvium soils. Available
water was highest in the brown hydromorphic soils followed by riverine alluvium
and coastal alluvium. The saturated hydraulic conductivities of the soils were
relatively high. The hydraulic conductivities of the undisturbed soils were found to
be more than that of the disturbed samples even for the same bulk densities.
Infiltration rates of all the soils were relatively high.