Pendular water
Pendular water is the moisture clinging to particles, such as soil particles or sand, because of surface tension.[1] [2]
At the moisture content of a specific yield, gravity drainage will cease. This term relates to hydrology and groundwater flow.
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- ^ Chapman, Richard E. (2002). Physics for geologists (2 ed.). London: Routledge. p. 114. ISBN 0-415-28805-3. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ McLachlan, Anton; Brown, A. C.; Brown, Alexander Claude (2006). The ecology of sandy shores. San Diego, California: Academic Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-12-372569-1. Retrieved 2010-11-10.