Hydrophobic Soil

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Fire Ecology & Recovery

Working definition

Soil exhibiting reduced water infiltration because of water-repellent properties that may be created or enhanced by fire effects.

Also searched as

water-repellent soil

In plain language

Soil exhibiting reduced water infiltration because of water-repellent properties that may be created or enhanced by fire effects.

Why it matters

Hydrophobic Soil is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.