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| Water located beneath the ground is soil pore spaces and in the fracture of rock formation |
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Soil Moisture
Unsaturated Zone - Zone of Aeration
Water Table
Zone of Saturation - Ground Water |
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| A stream that losses water as it flows downhill |
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More common
Gains water volume as it flows downstream |
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How much space between individual peds
Airspace in the soil |
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| Rate at which water or soil can move through the soil |
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Permeable rock/sediment that
transmit water freely |
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Impermeable layers that slow
or prevent water movement |
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| Occur when the water table intersects with the earth |
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| The result of ground water migrating through hot, but not molten igenous rock |
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| A hole drilled into the zone of saturation |
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| Forms when too much water is pumped from a well |
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Water rising to the surface without the use of mechanical well
Formed when water is under pressure or when the aquifier is surrounded by impermeable beds |
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Geologic landfrom shaped b/c of the dissolution of a portion of bedrock
Usually limestone
Sink holes |
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| Occurs when too much water is pumped from underground which makes the above ground collapse |
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| The movement of saline water into fresh water aquifiers |
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