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field capacity
The maximum amount of water that a soil or rock can hold, as by capillary action, before the water is drawn away by gravity.
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The data corresponds to the amount of rain needed to bring the soil moisture content back to field capacity and is now above 50mm in many areas, therefore growth is restricted.
The lottery-based registration system is used to allow the maximum number of runners an opportunity to obtain an entry because the volume of interest exceeds the field capacity.
“The ground can become like Jell-o once the soil gets to field capacity,” says Daniel Goyette, principal arborist for the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
And thats where the field capacity was in South Carolina, among the holy rollers.
“Since Congress last debated this, our field capacity has grown more sophisticated and our targeting and the range of voices speaking out have changed the game,” Henderson said.
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