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Chapter 6.3

Water Beneath the Surface

TermDefinition
Porosity the volume of open spaces in rock or soil
Permeability a measure of a material's ability to transmit fluids
Aquifer rock or soil through which groundwater moves easily
Zone of Saturation zone where all open spaces in sediment and rock are completely filled with water
Groundwater water underground in the zone of saturation
Water table the upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater
Spring a flow of groundwater that emerges naturally at the ground surface
Geyser a hot spring or fountain that ejects water at various intervals
Well an opening bored into the zone of saturation
Artesian well a well in which the water naturally rises above the level of the water table
Cavern a naturally formed underground chamber or series of chambers most commonly produced by solution activity in limestone
Travertine a form of limestone that is deposited by hot springs or as a cave deposit
Karst topography an area that has a land surface or topography with numerous depressions called sinkholes
Sinkhole a depression produced in a region where soluble rock has been removed by groundwater
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