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Aquifer is a permeable earth material that contains and carries groundwater |
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Artesian Formation [image] |
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| Artesian Formation is the arrangment of a permeable layer of rock (aquifer) sandwhiched between two layers of impermeable rock |
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Evapotranspiration [image] |
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| Evapotranspiration is the addition of water vapor to the atmosphere by evaporation from Earth's surface or from plant leaves |
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| Geysers is a boiling hot spring that erupts periodically |
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| Hydrosphere is all the waters of Earth, including both suface and subsurface water |
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| Impermeable describes a rock material through which water does not pass easily |
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| Permeability is a measure of a rock's ability to transmit water or other liquids |
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| Porosity is the percentage of a material's volume that is pore space |
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| Water budget describes the income and the spending of water in a reegion |
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| Usage is the condition where plants draw water from the soil at times when the need for moisture is greater than the rainfall |
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| Deficit is a condition in which stored soil water is gone and the need for moisture is greater than the rainfall |
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| Recharge is the refilling of soil water supply at times when plants need little moisture |
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| Surplus is the condition of having rainfall greater than the need for moisture when the soil is already saturated |
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| Water Cycle is the hydrologic cycle; the never-ending movement of water from one part of the hydrosphere to another |
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| Water table is the surface below which the ground is saturated with water |
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