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| An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. |
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| [image]artesian Formation |
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| the formation of naturel springs. |
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| [image]evapotranspiration |
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| the process of transferring moisture from the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation of water and transpiration from plants. |
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- A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects a column of water and steam into the air.
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| the water on or surrounding the surface of the globe, including the water of the oceans and the water in the atmosphere |
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| Chemistry, Geology. (of porous substances, rocks, etc.) not permitting the passage of a fluid through the pores, interstices, etc. |
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| Geology. the capability of a porous rock or sediment to permit the flow of fluids through its pore spaces. |
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| the state or quality of being porous |
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Informal. to revive or restore energy, stamina, enthusiasm, etc. |
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| something that remains above what is used or needed. |
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the usage of stuff that has to do with earth science |
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| a leather bag suspended at each end of a pole or yoke and used for carrying water. |
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| The cycle of evaporation and condensation that controls the distribution of the earth's water as it evaporates from bodies of water, condenses, precipitates, and returns to those bodies of water. Also called hydrologic cycle. |
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| the planar, underground surface beneath which earth materials, as soil or rock, are saturated with water. |
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