Soil Water Infiltration Rate
Benchmark Value
Scoring Curve
This curve shows how a field measurement for this indicator would score across all available benchmark forms in this context. The scoring engine uses 18 benchmarks together — the OptimalRange form drives the primary score, while 17 guard(s) constrain the result.
Contributing Benchmarks
Evidence & Context
The benchmark is a derived range representing a high-functioning state. It is based on infiltration rates measured in healthy, native mulga grove ecosystems (30–70 mm/hr), which aligns with rates achievable under best-practice regenerative agriculture (e.g., 45 mm/hr).
Soil water infiltration rate as measured in mm/hr representing the rate at which water enters the soil surface.
Soil water infiltration rate is the rate at which water enters the soil surface, measured in mm/hr, representing a high-functioning state in arid shrublands agricultural crop production.
The benchmark is derived from infiltration rates measured in healthy native mulga groves and rates achievable under best-practice regenerative agriculture, representing a high-functioning state.
Sources (1)
Infiltration rates and soil moisture in a groved mulga community near Alice Springs, arid central Australia: Evidence for complex internal rainwater redistribution in a runoff-runon landscape | Request PDF - ResearchGate
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Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.
Root Structure and Functioning for Efficient Acquisition of Phosphorus: Matching Morphological and Physiological Traits
View SourceCritical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands - PubMed Central, accessed July 10, 2025,
View SourceInfiltration rate measurements in arid soils with surface crust - ResearchGate
View SourceQueensland Murray-Darling Freshwater Biogeographic Province ..., accessed July 21, 2025
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