Specific Yield definition
Specific Yield means the ratio of the volume of water a rock or soil will yield by gravity drainage, to the volume of the rock or soil.
Specific Yield means the volume of water which can be drained by gravity from a saturated volume of aquifer material divided by the volume of material. This ratio can be expressed as a percentage.
Specific Yield means the measurement of the water removed from the aquifer by the force of gravity to wells. It is defined as the ratio of the volume of water which an aquifer, after being saturated, will yield by gravity to the volume of the aquifer drained. The ratio is usually expressed as a percentage.
More Definitions of Specific Yield
Specific Yield. (Sy) means the volume of water released by an unconfined aquifer per unit surface area per unit decline of head (dimensionless).
Specific Yield means the ratio of the volume of water that a given mass of saturated rock or soil will yield by gravity to the volume of that mass. This ratio is stated as a percentage.