Simulated test area

Lithology

Thickness (m)

Porosity (θs)

Hydraulic conductivity Kf (cm∙min−1)

Résidual saturation (θr)

van Genuchten parameters

α (cm−1)

β

Facobly

clay sand

0 - 1

0.432

0.0025

0.0565

0.08115

1.885

clay

1 - 21

0.32

0.0033

0.068

0.0173

1.09

sand

21 - 27.8

0.43

0.495

0.045

0.145

2.68

Mangouen

clay sand

0 - 1

0.432

0.0025

0.0565

0.08115

1.885

clay

1 - 10

0.38

0.0033

0.068

0.0173

1.09

Siambly

sandy loams

0 - 1.5

0.412

0.0431

0.0615

0.0905

2.12

clay

1.5 - 27

0.38

0.0033

0.068

0.0173

1.09

Sandy clay

27 - 30

0.321

0.002

0.0565

0.08115

1.885

Flansobly

sand

0 - 0.9

0.43

0.495

0.045

0.145

2.68

clay

0.9 - 4

0.38

0.0033

0.068

0.0173

1.09

Clay sand

4 - 11.12

0.432

0.0025

0.0565

0.08115

1.885

Gbonné

loamy-clay sands

0 - 1.6

0.33

0.00286

0.0665

0.04615

1.49