Vol. 2 (1) : January-February 2011 issue
Green Farming Vol. 2 (1) : 37-41 (January-February, 2011) (New Series)
Studies on infiltration under different land uses
M.Y. KHADATAREa1* and A.B. GARKALb2
aFaculty of Engineering, Post Box No. 504, WALMI, Aurangabad - 431 005 (Maharashtra)
bEcocert India Pvt. Ltd., Aurangabad - 431 005 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1Asstt. Professor, 2Inspector Organic Agriculture *Correspondence
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
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M.Y. KHADATARE and A.B. GARKAL. 2011. Studies on infiltration under different land uses. Green Farming Vol. 2 (1) : 37-41 (January-February, 2011) (New Series)
ABSTRACT
Infiltration rates vary under different land uses and soil types. Determination of infiltration of land is pre-requisite for evolving suitable water management practices and also essential for use in agriculture. Infiltration rates are useful for determining hydrological soil groups, which in turn can be used for determining curve number for computation of total volume of runoff from the watershed. Double ring infiltrometer tests were done at central farms of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri to represent different soil types and land use systems. The rate of infiltration goes on decreasing along with the elapsed time up to certain limit and afterwards it becomes constant. The cultivated land falls under hydrological soil group 'B' whereas the Nilgiri land, Fallow land and Forest land falls under hydrological soil group 'A'.
Key words :
Hydrologic soil groups, infiltration rates, land use.
