unsaturated flow

unsaturated flow
   1. The movement of water in a porous medium in which the pore spaces are not filled to capacity with water [22].
   2. Two phase flow through pores only partially filled with water and air [16].

A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. . 2002.

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