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Access to Fresh Water
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Geography
8th Grade
11/04/2011

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Term
Aquifer
Definition
An underground layer of earth, gravel or porous rock
that yields water
Term
Artesian
Definition
An aquifer trapped below an impermeable layer
Term
Equity
Definition
The ideal of being just and fair to all people
Term
Eutrophication
Definition
Reduction of oxygen in water due to
excessive nutrients
Term
Impermeable
Definition
Water cannot pass through
Term
Infiltration
Definition
The process of water soaking into the ground
Term
NGO
Definition
Non-government organisation
Term
Parasite
Definition
An organism that lives and feeds in or on another
Term
Permeable
Definition
Allows water to pass through
Term
Porosity
Definition
The ability to absorb water
Term
Recharge
Definition
The addition of water to an aquifer
Term
Saline
Definition
Containing salt
Term
Sanitation
Definition
A means of hygiene, includes washing and
sewage facilities
Term
Saturated zone
Definition
Ground where all the spaces are filled with
water
Term
Unsaturated zone
Definition
Ground where some of the spaces are
filled with air or are free of water
Term
Urbanisation
Definition
The process involving the increase in the
percentage of a country’s population living in cities
Term
WHO
Definition
World Health Organization
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Water table
Definition
The level in the ground below which all the pore spaces and cracks in the rocks and sediment are completely
filled (saturated) with water
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