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Stepping in it produces a squishing noise--it's mud!
Plants grown--or trying to grow--in overly saturated soils will usually develop yellowing or whitening of the leaves, leaf-drop, necrosis (death) of at least some of the bark and woody material, and root-rot.
A common visual appearance is that of bare, greying branches poking above a struggling layer of leafy growth that never grows more
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A name for saturated soil?
Another name for saturated soil could be soil liquefaction.
What does an earthquake do to saturated soil?
It can shake it about so that it liquefies.
What does Quicksand do to the environment?
Nothing it just exists! quicksand is just over saturated soil and/or clay, you might as well say what does mud/muck do to the environment.
When rain falls on a soil flooding at that location would most likely occur if?
If the soil is impervious clay, or the soil is already saturated by rain.
How does saturated soil increase the risk of flooding?
if it rains its more likely to get flooded
A name for saturated soil?
Another name for saturated soil could be soil liquefaction.
How do you know the standing water is not there because the sediment is saturated?
It is there because, of the type of soil. Soil such as silt would be hard for liquid to pass through it.
What types of soil are prone to mudslides?
Saturated thixotropic soil.
What is mean by saturated hydraulic conductivity?
Saturated hydraulic conductivity is a quantitative measure of a saturated soil's ability to transmit water when subjected to a hydraulic gradient. It can be thought of as the ease with which pores of a saturated soil permit water movement.
What is saturated ground?
Soil is saturated when it has reached its maximum water content; if any more is added, it will either drain downward or turn the soil into mud.
What is the difference between saturated and submerged soil?
when the voids of soil are just filled by water the soil mass is called saturated and when soil mass is submerged in water means the water level is above the the soil level or soil mass is drowned in water then soil mass is called submerged.
What does an earthquake do to saturated soil?
It can shake it about so that it liquefies.
What is a soil moisture surplus?
The soil in a region is saturated, and rainfall is greater than the need for the moisture.
What is Sudden movement of soil saturated with water?
mud slides
What are types of soil are found in estuaries?
rich and saturated with water
Why cant earthworms live in water or soil that is saturated?
they drown
What does Quicksand do to the environment?
Nothing it just exists! quicksand is just over saturated soil and/or clay, you might as well say what does mud/muck do to the environment.
