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Infiltration is the process by which precipitation that has fallen on land trickle into the ground and ground and becomes groundwater.
zone of saturation region below Earths surface where all pores of a material are completely filled with groundwater.
water table upper boundary of the zone of saturation that rises during wet seasons and drops during dry period
zone of aeration region above the water table where materials are moist but pores contain mostly
permeability ability of a material to let water pass through is high in material with large well connected pores and low in material with rew pores or small pores.
aquifers permeable underground layer through which groundwater flows relatively easily
aquicludes impermeable layer that is a barrier to groundwater such as silt clay and shate
springs natural discharge of groundwater at Earths surface where an aquifer and an aquiclude come in contact
hot prings thermal spring with temperatures higher than that of the human
geyers explosive hot spring that erupts regularly
cave a natural underground opening connected to Earths surface usually formed when groundwater dissolves limestone
sinkhole depression the Earths surface formed when a cave callapses ro bedrock is dissolved by acidic rain or moist soil
karst topography irregular topography with sinkholes sinks and sinking streams caused by groundwater dissolution of limestone.
stalactite con-shaped of cylindrical dripstone deposit of calcium carbonate that hangs like an icicle from a caves ceiling.
stalagmites cones-shaped of cylindrical drip stone deposit of calcium carbonate that hangs like and icicle from a caves ceiling.
drawdown difference between the water level in a pumped well and the original water-table level.
recharge process by which water from precipitation and runoff is added to the zone of saturation.
artesian well fountain of water that spurts above the land surface when a well taps a deep confined aquifer containing water under pressure.
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