Dirty Ice or Icy Dirt?. Soil Moisture Saturation UNDER-SATURATED Not enough water to fill all of the...
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Soil Moisture Saturation
UNDER-SATURATED
Not enough water to fill all of the pore space of a given soil
SATURATED
Just the right amount of water to fill all of the pore space of a given soil
OVER-SATURATED
More water than can fit in the pore space of a given soil
What is the maximum water weight % that typical dirt on Earth can hold?
100% x WeightSoil htWater Weig
htWater Weig%ht Water Weig
Design your own experiment!
Guess water weight % for each of these environments
Dry Valley, Antarctica Canadian Permafrost Antarctic Glacier
Approximate water weight % for each of these environments
Dry Valley, Antarctica Canadian Permafrost Antarctic Glacier
~100 %~25 %~1 %