Aquifer
71perched aquifer — /pɜtʃt ˈækwəfə/ (say percht akwuhfuh) noun an aquifer which sits above the watertable, being enclosed in an impermeable rock or sediment …
72leaky aquifer — Aquifers, whether artesian or water table, that lose or gain water through adjacent less permeable layers [22] …
73Ogallala Aquifer — …
74fossil water — aquifer aquifer n. 1. an underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc.; as, the Oglala aquifer. The water contained in an aquifer may be of great age, and in such cases is sometimes called {fossil water}. [WordNet 1.5… …
75Водоносный горизонт — (aquifer)Aquifer, слой или несколько слоев горной породы или почвы, внутри которого вода может накапливаться или перемещаться …
76Groundwater — Shipot, a common source of drinking water in a Ukrainian village. 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… …
77Hydrogeology — ( hydro meaning water, and geology meaning the study of the Earth) is the area of geology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth s crust, (commonly in aquifers). The term geohydrology is… …
78List of aquifers — The following is a partial list of aquifers around the world. A of aquifers is also available.North AmericaCanada * Oak Ridges Moraine North of Toronto Ontario * Laurentian River SystemUnited States* Biscayne Aquifer * Bruceian Aquifer * Edwards… …
79Grundwasserleiter — Karte der weltweiten geringsten Verfügbarkeit an sich erneuerndem Süßwasser pro Einwohner und Jahr …
80Specific storage — (Ss), storativity (S), specific yield (Sy) and specific capacity are material physical properties that characterize the capacity of an aquifer to release groundwater from storage in response to a decline in hydraulic head. For that reason they… …
