Soil Water Infiltration Rate
Benchmark Value
Scoring Curve
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Contributing Benchmarks
Evidence & Context
Therefore, an infiltration rate below 10 mm/hr can be considered a critical lower threshold.
Soil water infiltration rate in mm/hr below which soil hydrological function is severely compromised.
Critical lower threshold for soil water infiltration rate indicating severe degradation in arid shrublands agricultural crop production.
Based on evidence from degraded soils with surface crusting and water repellency showing infiltration rates as low as 3.5–10 mm/hr.
Sources (2)
Root Structure and Functioning for Efficient Acquisition of Phosphorus: Matching Morphological and Physiological Traits
View SourceInfiltration rate measurements in arid soils with surface crust - ResearchGate
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Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.
Critical 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,
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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
View SourceQueensland Murray-Darling Freshwater Biogeographic Province ..., accessed July 21, 2025
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