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| underground storage place for groundwater. It is often stored within permable rock |
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| a drainage place where all water flows to one place |
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| are lands that are always wet and control what plants and animals live there |
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| groundwater is contained in the open spaces of soil and rock |
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| water that flows across the earth's surface |
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| is a way of measuring pore space in soil and rock |
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| the ability of rock/soil to have water and other fluids flow through it. Permable rock has connected pores and cracks that allows groundwater to flow through it |
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| the movement of water through porous rock and/or soil |
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| the highest level in an aquifer where the pores are full of water. Separates the zone of saturation from the zone of aeration |
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| the surface area above an aquifer where precipitation falls, and eventually percolates down into the porous rock of the aquifer |
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| a well that is drilled into an aquifer where the groundwater is under pressure |
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| a place where the water table meets the earth's surface, and groundwater seeps out on the surface |
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| a hot spring that erupts periodically, shooting hot water and steam into the air |
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| salty water; a salty solution |
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| the passage of water through a plant from the roots through the vascular system to the atmosphere |
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| the collected totality of water in the ocean |
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| the process by wich groundwater is absorbed into an aquifer |
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| water flowing or standing on the surface |
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| water that has been used in a factory or has oil in it |
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| first step in water treatment. Air is moved through water to remove odorous, gasses, etc. |
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| fourth step in water treatment it's pumped through a filter to remove any unsettled pieces |
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| its the aquifer that flows through the middle of the U.S. and is our main fresh water supply of the U.S. |
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