Look up: Groundwater


  1. Groundwater
    Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. The depth at which soil pore spaces or fractures and voids in rock beco...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundwater

  2. Groundwater
    Water found underground as a result of rainfall, ice and snow melt, submerged rivers, lakes, and springs. This water often carries minerals. These minerals can accumulate in the remains of buried organisms and eventually cause fossilization.
    Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5ecol.html

  3. groundwater
    Water within the earth that supplies wells and springs.
    Found op http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/news/aggloss.html

  4. groundwater
    The supply of fresh water found beneath the surface of the Earth (usually in aquifers) that often supplies wells and springs.
    Found op http://cdiac.ornl.gov/glossary.html

  5. Groundwater
    Water that is below the surface of ground in the saturation zone.
    Found op http://www.greenconstruction.co.uk/glossary/G.html

  6. Groundwater
    Water from an aquifer or subsurface water source.
    Found op http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/glossaryg.shtml

  7. Groundwater
    Water beneath the earth's surface that fills underground pockets (known as aquifers), supplying wells and springs.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  8. Groundwater
    Water located below the water table that fills the pore spaces between sand, gravel, and fractures in rock, etc., which may supply water to wells or springs.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  9. groundwater
    water that occurs below the surface of the Earth, where it occupies all or part of the void spaces in soils or geologic strata. It is also called ... [20 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/74

  10. Groundwater
    Water that occupies the pore spaces found in some types of bedrock.
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/g.html



  1. GROUNDWATER
    Water below the level at which all voids in the rock are completely filled saturated. Syn. phreatic water in saturated zone below water table.
    Found op http://www.cancaver.ca/docs/glossary.htm

  2. Groundwater
    - Water from an aquifer or subsurface water source.
    Found op http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossary.htm

  3. Groundwater
    Water found in the voids or free space of soils and rocks underground.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21076

  4. groundwater
    Water occurring in the subsurface zone where all spaces are filled with water under pressure greater than that of the atmosphere.
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/G/AE_groundwater.html

  5. groundwater
    Water present underground in porous rock strata and soils; it emerges at the surface as springs and streams. The groundwater's upper level is called the water table. Rock strata that are filled with groundwater that can be extracted are called aquifers. Aquifers must be both porous (filled with hole...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0028532.html

  6. Groundwater
    The supply of fresh water found beneath the earth's surface (usually in aquifers) which is often accessed through wells and springs.
    Found op http://www.nyo.unep.org/action/ap1.htm

  7. groundwater
    water that has accumulated beneath the surface of the soil above the first impenetrable layer. The soil is at field capacity if more rainwater can no longer be absorbed by the soil. Sometimes deep groundwater can be tapped as if it were an aquifer, providing integrated water storage to bridge period...
    Found op http://www.seafriends.org.nz/books/glossary.htm

  8. Groundwater
    Subsurface water and underground streams that can be collected with wells, or that flow naturally to the earth's surface though springs.
    Found op http://www.streamnet.org/glossary.html

  9. groundwater
    water found below the surface
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_environmental_science

  10. groundwater
    water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of lithologic formation.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_environmental_science

  11. groundwater
    1) Spring
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/groundwater/1

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