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Midterm Vocab Enviro

TermDefinition
Groundwater Discharge Flow rate of groundwater into a aquafer
Groundwater Recharge Water moving down into a aquafer
Confined Aquafer A impermeable aquafer
Unconfined Aquifer Where water seeps into aquifer from above (permeable)
Artesian Well a well where water rises under pressure from a permeable layer, coverd by a impermeable layer
Infiltration passing into or through by filtering or permeating
Percolation Water going through the ground into a aquafer
Transpiration Plants taking in water through roots and leaves and through photosynthesis putting it into the atmosphere
Precipitation rain falling to the ground
Evaporation Water vapor going into the atmosphere
Condensation the conversion of a vapour or gas to a liquid
Watershed/ Drainage basin The place where a collection of water from diffrent streams go into
Divide The point that separates watersheds.
Perennial Stream Water flowing in a stream over 90% of the time
Intermittent stream Water flowing in a stream less than 90% of the time
Ephemeral Stream Water that flows on occasion through a stream
Uplands The highest points of a watershed
Stream Order How many streams are going into a main waterbasin
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