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vocab words

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groundwater   any water from natural resources found underground  
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hydrolic system   natural water cycle  
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water table   the level below which the ground is saturated with ground water  
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spring   where a water table intersects with the ground  
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zone of aeration   zone within the ground above a water table of which the spaces between soil particles are filled with air  
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zone of saturation   ground below the water table  
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capillary frings   the zone within soil horizons imediatley above the zone of saturation  
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porous   having many small open spaces  
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permeable   describes rock where size and numbers of interconnected probes are sufficient  
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impermeable   describes a rock of which liquids and gas cannot penetrate  
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perched water table   a second water table perching on top of an impermeable layer  
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artesian well   a well sunk into a rock where pressure pushes the water back upwards  
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cone of depression   an inverted cone-shaped lowering water table  
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recharge zone   an area where rain water and stream water seep through the ground to resupply groundwater  
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solvent   a substance that breaks down other substances into their constituent particles  
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cave   an underground tunnel or chamber  
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dripstone   cave deposits that are formed by precipitation  
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flowstone   cave formation containing depostits keft by a thin film of water  
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speleotherm   any cave formation deposited by dripping or flowing water  
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stalacite   a mineral formation hanging from the ceiling of a cave  
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column   a cave formation that forms when a stalagmite merges with a stalagcite  
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curtain   a thin sheet of dripstone that hanges from the ceiling of a cave  
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shield   a flat rounded deposite of calcium carbonate attached to a cave ceiling, wall, or floor  
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bacon   a stripped ribbon of flowstone in a cave that looks like strips of salted bacon  
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shelf   a cave formation of flat deposites of calcite that precipitated on the surfce of salted water  
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spelunker   a person who explores and maps caves as a hobby  
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karst topography   topography in soluble nonclastic sedimentary rocks  
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sinkhole   a depression in the ground that occurs when the roof of a solutionable cave collapses at a single point  
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natural bridge   a selection of stone that arches over a narrow walled valley  
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disapearing bridge   *(NO defiition found)*  
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streamless valley   A karsk valley that contains an abandoned stream bed  
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appearing stream   a stream that seems to flow directly out of a hillside  
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