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INFILTRATION RATE, HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY AND MOISTURE RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME SOILS OF LOWER BHAVANI PROJECT COMMAND AREA, TAMIL NADU

Volume : 85
Issue: Mar-apr
Pages: 190 - 192
Published: July 01, 2023
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Abstract


Five typical soil profiles under Lower Bhavani Project Command area, representing various physiographic situations were the materials for this study. Soil texture, pH. Electrical conductivity and organic carbon content etc. were influenced by physiographic units. The infiltration rate and hydraulic conductivity were high in Lithic Haplustalf and low in Typic Haplustalf and Typic Chromustert (Black clay loam soil). The study of moist.me retension at variation tension indicated that upper terraced to middle terraced soils (Lithic Haplustalf, Typic Ustochrept, Typic Ustifluvent, Typic Haplustalf) are having low available water content compared to lower physiography Typic Chromustert.

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190 - 192
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Infiltration rate Hydraulic Conductivity Moisture retention LBP area.
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