waterlogging
Ground becomes swamped
Waterlogging is the saturation of soil or land with water, preventing proper drainage and depriving plant roots of oxygen.
Agricultural land becomes waterlogged from excessive irrigation, poor drainage, or prolonged rainfall: Waterlogging destroyed much of the wheat crop.
The term also applies to wood or other materials that have absorbed so much water they become heavy and unworkable.
Without movement or progress
- poolingMerging shared contributions
- puddlesSmall collected water pools
- standingPosition, physical or social
- backwaterStagnant side channel
marshy · swampy · quagmire · bog · fen · mosquitoes · algae · anaerobic
State of complete permeation
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- porosityVoid space density
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
drainage · infiltration · subsoil · topsoil · capillarity · moisture · retention · peat
Organic breakdown process
- moldForm-giving container
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
deterioration · fungus · mildew · corrosion · rust · crumbling · disintegration · spoilage
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- submersionBeing entirely underwater
- swampingOverwhelming with excess
surge · highwater · backwater · flashflood · pluvial · freshet · overbank · floodplain
Liquid removal system
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- overirrigationExcessive agricultural watering
- paddyFlooded rice-growing field
- salinityDissolved mineral concentration
alkalinity · germination · fallow · furrow · leveling · canals · ditches · aeration
stagnant
Without movement or progress
- poolingMerging shared contributions
- puddlesSmall collected water pools
- standingPosition, physical or social
backwater · marshy · swampy · quagmire · bog · fen · mosquitoes · algae · anaerobic · foulsmelling
saturation
State of complete permeation
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
- porosityVoid space density
- compactionReducing volume through pressure
clay · drainage · infiltration · subsoil · topsoil · capillarity · moisture · retention · peat · silt
rot
Organic breakdown process
swelling · deterioration · fungus · mildew · corrosion · rust · crumbling · disintegration · spoilage · weakening
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- submersionBeing entirely underwater
swamping · surge · highwater · backwater · flashflood · pluvial · freshet · overbank · floodplain · floodwater
drainage
Liquid removal system
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- overirrigationExcessive agricultural watering
- paddyFlooded rice-growing field
salinity · alkalinity · germination · fallow · furrow · leveling · canals · ditches · aeration · cultivation
- floodsflood damage, flood warning, deluge, flood warnings, flash floods
- crop threatspests, pest, blight, drought, disease
- peatlandspeat, bog, peat bog, sphagnum, peat moss
- plant problemsroot rot, iron deficiency, calcium deficiency, wilting, yellow leaves
- tree problemscrack, dead wood, dieback, rot, wound
- soil sciencesoil, topsoil, subsoil, clay, sand
waterloggingdrought
Prolonged water scarcity
desiccation · aridity · dehydration · dryness · water scarcity
waterloggingpermeability
Ability to transmit fluids
aeration · porosity · well-drained · sandy soil · drainage