1) Formation 2) Freshwater source 3) Geological formation 4) Ground water source 5) Water bed 6) Water-bearing rock 7) Wellspring
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a bed or layer yielding water for wells and springs etc.; an underground geological formation capable of receiving, storing and transmitting large quantities of water. Aquifer types include: confined (sealed and possibly containing
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a body of saturated rock or sediment through which water can move readily.
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a rock formation containing water
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A body of rock that contains significant quantities of water that can be tapped by wells or springs.
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A body of rock capable of allowing subterranean water to be stored, transmitted or issue yield as discharge and also capable of absorbing recharge.
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a subsurface geological structure that contains water.
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A body of rock, often sandstone or limestone, that contains significant quantities of water that can be tapped by wells or springs. Much of the human popuation depends on aquifers for its water supply.
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A stratum of earth or permeable rock that stores significant quantities of water.
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A porous, water-saturated layer of sediment and bedrock under the Earth's surface; also described as artesian (confined) or water table (unconfined).
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A body of rock that contains significant quantities of water that can be tapped by wells or springs.
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A geologic formation that is water-bearing and which transmits water from one point to another.
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A permeable body of rock or regolith that both stores and transports groundwater.
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A permeable stratum or zone below the earth's surface through which ground water moves.
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A permeable layer of rock that retains water.
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A permeable formation that stores and transmits groundwater in sufficient quantity to supply wells.
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(L: aqua water; ferre to bear) a layer of rock that holds water and allows water to percolate through it, horizontally and vertically.
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A geologic formation that is water-bearing, and which transmits water from one point to another.
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A geological unit containing suffieient saturated permeable rock to yield significant amounts of water.
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noun underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
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A body of rock through which appreciable amounts of water can flow. The rock of an aquifer must be porous and permeable (full of interconnected holes) so that it can conduct water. Aquifers are an important source of fresh water, for example for drinking and irrigation, in many arid areas of the world, and are exploited by the use of artesian wells...
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A permeable region of rock or soil through which ground water can move.
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a geologic formation(s) that is water bearing. A geological formation or structure that stores and/or transmits water, such as to wells and springs. Use of the term is usually restricted to those water-bearing formations capable of yielding water in sufficient quantity to constitute a usable supply for people's uses.
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One of many types of permeable rock. Pore spaces (tiny holes) between the grains, or fractures (cracks) allows water to flow through and accumulate in an aquifer rock.
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underground layer of rock or sand that yields groundwater
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