Hydraulic conductivity

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1. Water permeability.

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A diagram showing the relationship between flux and hydraulic gradient. Hydraulic conductivity (K) is the slope that defines the relationship. The dotted lines show that at equal hydraulic gradients, soils with higher conductivity have higher flux.
Source: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/ref/?cid=nrcs142p2_053573