Ground water
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- Water that flows or seeps downward and saturates soil or rock, supplying springs and wells. The upper level of the saturated zone is called the water table. Water stored underground in rock crevices and in the pores of geologic materials that make up the earth's crust. That part of the subsurface water which is in the zone of saturation; phreatic water. Water found underground in porous rock strata and soils, as in a spring. Water under ground, such as in wells, springs and aquifers. Generally, all subsurface water as distinct from surface water; specifically, that part of the subsurface water in the saturated zone where the water is under pressure greater than atmospheric.
Bureau of Reclamation - Cite This Source - This Definition - Perched water table, Saturated zone, Unsaturated zone, Water table, Zone of aeration, Zone of saturation
- In hydrologic terms, water within the earth that supplies wells and springs; water in the zone of saturation where all openings in rocks and soil are filled, the upper surface of which forms the water table. Also termed Phreatic water.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition - Aeration Zone, Capillarity, Capillary Fringe, Capillary Zone, Effluent Stream, Perched Groundwater, Phreatic water, Zone of saturation