Editing Soil science (section)

== Depression storage capacity ==
Depression storage capacity, in soil science, is the ability of a particular area of land to retain water in its pits and depressions, thus preventing it from flowing.<ref>Hansen, Bjarne, Per Schjønning, and Erik Sibbesen. "[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Per_Schjonning/publication/248301364_Roughness_indices_for_estimation_of_depression_storage_capacity_of_tilled_soil_surfaces/links/542aade90cf27e39fa8ee9f2.pdf Roughness indices for estimation of depression storage capacity of tilled soil surfaces] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825020315/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Per_Schjonning/publication/248301364_Roughness_indices_for_estimation_of_depression_storage_capacity_of_tilled_soil_surfaces/links/542aade90cf27e39fa8ee9f2.pdf |date=25 August 2017 }}." Soil and Tillage Research 52.1 (1999): 103-111.</ref> Depression storage capacity, along with [[infiltration capacity]], is one of the main factors involved in [[Horton overland flow]], whereby water volume surpasses both infiltration and depression storage capacity and begins to flow horizontally across land, possibly leading to [[flood]]ing and [[soil erosion]]. The study of land's depression storage capacity is important in the fields of [[geology]], [[ecology]], and especially [[hydrology]].