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Australian Water Information Dictionary

hydraulic conductivity

A property of soil or rock, which describes the ease with which water can move through pore spaces or fractures. It depends on the intrinsic permeability of the material and on the degree of saturation. Saturated hydraulic conductivity describes water movement through saturated media.

This definition applies to:

• Glossary for Water data: National Atlas of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
• Glossary for Water status: Australian Water Resources Assessment

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