Vocab
Water found in the zone of saturation
What is Groundwater?
A hole dug into the ground below the water table
What is a ordinary well?
Natural discharges of water
What is a spring?
A depression caused by a collapsed cave
What is a sinkhole?
Water falling down to Earth
What is precipitation?
The process of water entering the ground
What is Infiltration?
An area where water flows easily underground
What is an aquifer?
Hot discharges of water
What is a hot spring?
An opening that acts as an entrance into the surface of the earth
What is a cave?
Water flowing down slope
What is a stream?
Area where the ground is fully filled with water
Areas where the flow of water is blocked
What is an aquiclude?
Explosive hot discharges of water
What is a geyser?
The ease of which water has to enter into the ground through the cracks in a surface
What is porosity?
The area where water flows into
What is a delta?
Area where water slightly saturates the ground
What is Zone of Aeration?
A hole that is drilled into an aquifer with high pressure that the water spirts out forming a fountain-like formation
What is an artesian well?
Formation that hangs from a cave ceiling
What is a stalactite?
A stream that drains into a cave
What is a disappearing stream?
Water that enters the ground and flows downhill into an aquifer replenishing the water
What is recharge?
What is the difference in water level between the water table to the area where a well pulls water
What is drawdown?
The shape that the drawdown creates
What is the cone of depression?
The build up of drip from the cavern ceiling formations
What is a stalagmite?
Limestone regions with certain formations created by natural processes
What is Karst Topography?
What is a watershed?