Available water

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1. Also called nonextractable; water that is present in soil but can't be taken up by plants' roots because it is so tightly adsorbed to soil particles.

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Available water by soil type.

Source: http://irrigationtraining.tamu.edu/north-texas/scheduling/soil-moisture/