Water Table
Water
The surface of underground, gravity-controlled water. The level of ground water. The boundary in the ground between where the ground is saturated with water (zone of saturation) and where the ground is filled with water and air (zone of aeration). The upper surface of the zone of saturation of ground water above an impermeable layer of soil or rock (through which water cannot move) as in an unconfined aquifer. This level can be very near the surface of the ground or far below it.
The level below the earth's surface at which the ground becomes saturated with water. The water table is set where hydrostatic pressure equals atmospheric pressure.
- — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01
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Solar Energy
The upper level of ground water; the level below which soil and rock are saturated with water.
- — Solar Energy Development PEIS Glossary retrieved 2014-06-15
Weather
The level below the earth's surface at which the ground becomes saturated with water. The water table is set where hydrostatic pressure equals atmospheric pressure.