underdrained

Has buried drainage pipes

Underdrained describes land or soil that has drainage installed beneath the surface to remove excess water.

Agricultural fields are often underdrained with networks of buried pipes or tiles that channel groundwater away: The underdrained fields dried out faster after heavy rain.

The term also applies to anything with drainage from below rather than above.

agricultural

subsurface

Below the outer layer

field · farming · soil · moisture · trenches · outlets · installation · gradient · permeability · infiltration

Opposites
drainage status

underdrainedwaterlogged

Saturated with liquid

undrained · saturated · boggy · swampy · marshy

Family

underdrain, underdrains

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