Vadose zone definition

Vadose zone means the zone between the ground surface and
Vadose zone means the zone of aeration including soil and capillary water. The zone is bound above by the land surface and below by the water table.
Vadose zone means that portion of a geologic formation in which soil pores contain some water, the pressure of that water is less than atmospheric pressure, and the formation occurs above the zone of saturation.

Examples of Vadose zone in a sentence

  • Impact to Vadose zone media C – Conductivity to the aquiferOther analyses were conducted to extract highly erodible soils and soils with hydric components.

  • Vadose zone travel (lag) time was not adjusted through model calibration.

  • Vadose zone travel (lag) time from the root zone to the water table ranges from about one to four years near the Santa Ana River to over 30 years in the City of Upland area, and typically ranges from 5 to 30 years in other areas.


More Definitions of Vadose zone

Vadose zone means the soil between the land surface and the top of the capillary fringe. Vadose zone is also known as an unsaturated zone or a zone of aeration.
Vadose zone means the unsaturated zone between the land surface and the water table.
Vadose zone means the zone between land surface and the capillary fringe within which the moisture content is less than saturation and pressure is less than atmospheric. Soil pore spaces also typically contain air or other gases. The capillary fringe is not included in the unsaturated zone.
Vadose zone means the zone between the ground surface and the water table where the available open spaces between soil and sediment particles, in rock fractures, etc., are most filled with air.
Vadose zone means the unsaturated zone of the subsurface above the groundwater table. The soil and rock within this zone typically contains air and water within its pore space.
Vadose zone means the full extent of the soil column existing above the elevation of Groundwater for the purposes of the Remediation Regulations.
Vadose zone means the unsaturated zone in the earth, between the land surface and the top of the first saturated aquifer which is not a perched water aquifer. The vadose zone characteristically contains liquid water under less than atmospheric pressure, and water vapor and air or other gases at atmospheric pressure. Perched water bodies exist within the vadose zone.