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| A permeable body of rock or regolith that both stores and transports groundwater |
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artesian formation [image] |
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| An artesian formation is formed when a permeable layer dips underground between impermeable layers. Its usually made of shale or clay. |
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evapotranspiration [image] |
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| All methods of water moving from a liquid to water vapor in nature. Includes both evaporation and transpiration. |
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| A hot spring that intermittently erupts a spray of steam and hot water. Caused by the heating of ground water within a confined opening in hot rock. |
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| in physical geography describes the combined mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of a planet. |
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