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| Secondary water tables; water collection on top of impermeable rock above main water table. |
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| The layer of ground water under the zone of aeration where all the pore spaces are willed with water |
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| The upper region of groundwater above the water table and zone of saturation; has 3 regions |
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| When there is no longer support from the water beneath the roof of a cavern close to the surface of the ground may collapse |
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| A sloping layer of permeable rock sandwiched between 2 layers of impermeable rock and exposed at the surface |
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| A natural flow of water to the earth's surface from an artesian formation |
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| Hot springs that erupt periodically |
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| A rock or sediment through which water can't flow |
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| Cross section of soil layers and bedrock that can be seen above ground |
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| A path that a stream follows |
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| Water remaining in an isolated meander in a floodplain |
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| A raised riverbank that results when a river deposits its load at the river's edge |
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| Pumping water from a well creates a cone shaped depression in the water table around the well |
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| The process of removing salt from ocean water |
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| The process in which water carries dissolved minerals to lower layers of rock (pg 221) |
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| When metallic elements combine with oxygen (pg 222) |
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