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| an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials |
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Artesian formation [image] |
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| cap rock, artesian springs, hot spring, travertine, mud pots, geysers |
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Evapotransipitation [image] |
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| a term used to describe the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration from the earth's land surface to atmosphere |
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| a hot spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by a vapour phase (steam). |
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| describes the combined mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of a planet. |
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| Relating to a material through which substances, such as liquids or gases, cannot pass. Some substances, such as some types of contact lenses, are permeable to gas but impermeable to liquid |
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| a measure of the ability of a material (such as rocks) to transmit fluids |
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| a measure of the void spaces in a material, and is measured as a fraction, between 0–1, or as a percentage between 0–100%. The term is used in multiple fields including ceramics, metallurgy, materials, manufacturing, earth sciences and construction |
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| a hydrologic process where water moves to groundwater |
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| budget surplus, the opposite of a budget deficit |
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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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