What is the difference between Soil Water Retention and Soil Water Holding Capacity?

01 January 2017 0 1K Report

During research I have encountered both terms referring to the same description. In other research the terms seemed to be separated. I need to know the true difference between Soil Water Retention and Soil Water Holding Capacity.

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