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potential, soil water

The potential energy of a unit quantity of water produced by the interaction of the water with such forces as capillary (matric), ion hydration (osmotic), and gravity, expressed relative to an arbitrarily selected reference potential. In practical application, potentials are used to predict the direction and rate of water flow through soils, or between the soil and some other system, such as plants or the outer atmosphere.

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