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Q1 WHAT IS POROSITY OF SOIL WHAT DOES IT DEPEND ON ?
Q2 DEFINE PERCOLATION RATE OF SOIL ?​

Answer 1

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1. Soil porosity refers to the fraction of the total soil volume that is taken up by the pore space.

The amount of porosity in a soil depends on the minerals that make up the soil and the amount of sorting that occurs within the soil structure.

2. Percolation rate means the time, expressed in minutes per inch, required for water to seep into saturated soil at a constant rate. ... Percolation rate means the rate of water movement through a soil. Percolation rate is usually measured and assigned on the basis of elapsed time per unit volumetric water level drop.