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| In hydrologic terms, permeable layers of underground rock, or sand that hold or transmit groundwater below the water table that will yield water |
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Artesian Formation [image] |
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| An artesian formation is an arrangement of permeable and impermeable rock. |
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Evapotranspiration [image] |
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| the total water loss from the soil including that by direct evaporation and that by transpiration from the surface of plants |
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| A geyser is a type of hot spring that erupts periodically, ejecting a column of hot water and steam into the air |
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| Any part of the Earth or its atmosphere in which water or water vapor is found |
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| Not easily penetrated. The property of a material or soil that does not allow, or allows only with great difficulty, the movement or passage of water |
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| Capacity of a rock or soil material to transmit a fluid. |
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| The ratio of the volume of void or air spaces in a rock or sediment to the total volume of the rock or sediment |
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| The processes involved in the addition of water to the zone of saturation; also the amount of water added |
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| Balance sheet for the inputs and outputs of water to and from the various global water reservoirs |
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| The process, involving evaporation and condensation, by which the Earth's water circulates through the environment. |
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| In a shallow aquifer, a water table is the depth at which free water is first encountered in a monitoring well |
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