Does silt have good water infiltration and holding capacity?
1 Answer
Oct 8, 2017
Silt does have good water infiltration and holding capacity, because silt is composed of a specific size of rock particles formed by the erosion of stones and bedrock such as quartz and feldspar.
Explanation:
Water has little resistance to flow through the granular rock particles and it percolates through silt readily.
Silty loam has the highest water holding capacity since it is a medium grained soil that allows water to flow into it and it holds with good retention capacity.
Infiltration and holding capacity is discussed here:
http://passel.unl.edu/pages/informationmodule.php?idinformationmodule=1130447039&topicorder=10&maxto=10
