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Any form of water that falls to the earths surface from the clouds.
What is Precipitation ?
Permeable sediments.
What is sand or gravel ?
An underground formation that contains groundwater.
What is a Aquifer ?
The top of the saturated zone.
What is the Water table ?
A network of flowing water across the land - rivers and streams.
What is a river system ?
Change of state from gas to liquid.
What is Condensation ?
Impermeable sediments.
What is Clay or Granite ?
The area of land that drains into a body of water.
What is a Watershed ?
A layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water.
What is the unsaturated zone ?
A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
What is a tributary ?
The change of liquid to gas.
What is evaporation ?
Impassable, not allowing passage through (such as by a liquid).
What is impermeable ?
A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer .
What is a artesian well ?
The area of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water.
What is the saturated zone ?
An artificial body of water that usually forms behind a dam.
What is a reservoir ?
Evaporation of water from leaves of plants.
What is transpiration ?
The ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it.
What is permeability ?
A fountain of water and steam that erupts from the ground.
What is a geyser ?
Water that flows underground.
What is sub surface runoff ?
Process in the water cycle where water comes together.
What is collection ?
Water that moves across the land surface and into streams/rivers.
What is runoff ?
The amount of space between particles of rock or soil.
What is porosity ?
A flow of groundwater that emerges naturally at the ground surface.
What is a Spring ?
Water stored beneath the Earth's surface in soil or rock formations.
What is groundwater ?
Another term for collection.
What is accumulation ?