| Term |
Definition |
| Water cycle |
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| Infiltration |
The seepage Of water into soil or rock |
| Evaporation |
The change of water from liquid to gas |
| Condensation |
The change in water from gas to a liquid |
| Transpiration |
The passage of water through a plant from the roots through the vascular system to the atmosphere |
| Precipitation |
Falling products of condensation in the atmosphere, as rain, snow or hail |
| Groundwater |
The water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells |
| Water table |
The planar, underground surface beneath which earth materials, as soil or rock, are saturated with water |
| Runoff |
Something that drains or flows off, as rain that flows off from the land in streams |
| Artesian well |
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| Aquifer |
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| Springs |
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| Zone of aeration |
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| Zone of saturation |
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| Permeable |
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| Non-permeable |
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| Porosity |
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the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land, |
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A well drilled through impermeable strata to reach water capable of rising to the surface |
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A body of rock or sediments that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater. |
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the result of an aquifer being filled to the point that the water overflows onto the land surface |
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the region between the earth's surface and the water table. |
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the area in an aquifer, below the water table, in which relatively all pores and fractures are saturated with water. |
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Able to hold water |
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Not able to hold water |
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The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces |
