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Top surface of groundwater.
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The location of naturally occurring underground water, and the vertical distance from the surface of the earth to this underground water. Water tables vary by locality, geography, etc.
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The level below the earth's surface at which the ground becomes saturated with water. The water table is set where hydrostatic pressure equals atmospheric pressure.
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The surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration. waterfall The perpendicular or very steep descent of a stream.
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underground area where the Earth's surface is saturated with water. Also called water level. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia
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(Also called phreatic surface, groundwater table.) Surface in a geologic medium where water pressure equals atmospheric pressure. The water table separates the saturated zone from the unsaturated zone [..]
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the pooling of groundwater on top of a bedrock layer. This pooling holds 95% of the world's total supply of freshwater.
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The upper surface of zone of saturation. See also Potentiometric Surface.
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the upper boundary of the saturated portion of a soil or rock.
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Structure at the top of the derrick, which supports the crown block, catwalk, and lifeline
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The flat portion of the frame on break-open firearms which extends forward from and is approximately at right angles to the standing breech face. It is the surface on which the barrel flats rest when the gun is closed.
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The upper level in an aquifer that is saturated by water. Usually found below ground level.
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The location of the underground water. Also, the vertical distance from the surface of the earth to this underground water.
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The surface of groundwater in the soil.
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A continuous course of building units on the outside of a wall, near the ground, with a horizontal projection or ledge. It is often shaped with a slope and a drip to limit the amount of water passing [..]
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the top of the water surface in the saturated part of an aquifer.
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The boundary between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation.
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The surface of groundwater in the soil.
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the level in the soil or bedrock below which water is usually present 
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The level below the land surface at which the subsurface material is fully saturated with water. The depth of the water table reflects the minimum level to which wells must be drilled for water extrac [..]
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The water table is the natural level of water in a soil or rock. Below the water table the soil or rock is saturated.
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The level below the land surface at which the subsurface material is fully saturated with water. The depth of the water table reflects the minimum level to which wells must be drilled for water extrac [..]
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upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation.                              wave
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The upper surface of ground water or that level in the ground where the water is at atmospheric pressure.
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(English) The upper surface of groundwater that may rise or fall due to saltwater intrusion.
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(1) the boundary in the ground between where the ground is saturated with water (zone of saturation) and where the ground is filled with water and air (zone of aeration); (2) the upper surface of the [..]
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The location of the underground water, and the vertical distance from the surface of the earth to this underground water.
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A gently-curved surface below the ground at which the vadose zone ends and the phreatic zone begins; the level to which a well would fill with water.
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The level of groundwater.
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The upper surface of groundwater. Below it, the soil is saturated with water.
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The upper surface of a zone of saturation, where the body of groundwater is not confined by an overlying impermeable formation. Where an overlying confining formation exists, the aquifer in question h [..]
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In a shallow aquifer, a water table is the depth at which free water is first encountered in a monitoring well.
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The level of ground water. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater above an impermeable layer of soil or rock (through which water cannot move) as in an unconfined aquifer. This lev [..]
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The level of groundwater.
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The level of groundwater.
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The upper surface of ground water; below this point, the soil is saturated with water.
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is the level of ground water.
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The upper level of groundwater.
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is the upper level of a saturated formation where the water is at atmospheric pressure. The water table is the upper surface of an unconfined aquifer.
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the level below which the ground is completely soaked with water
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The surface where the water pressure equals atmospheric pressure. It is typically below ground surface, except in wetlands, after heavy precipitation or snowmelt, etc. In sands and gravels, it nearly [..]
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The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
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The level in the ground at which water is found when a hole is dug or drilled (same as Groundwater Table).
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The top of the water surface in the saturated part of an aquifer.
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The upper surface of the groundwater; the level below which the soil is saturated with water. Its depth is influenced by rainfall and by human development (wells, drainage ditches, loss of wetlands, e [..]
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in an aquifer, it is the upper surface of the zone of saturation under unconfined conditions; water in the rocks is at atmospheric pressure.
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, sb. the channel at the side of a road.
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The level below the earth's surface at which the ground becomes saturated with water. The water table is set where hydrostatic pressure equals atmospheric pressure.
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The level below the earth's surface at which the ground becomes saturated with water. The water table is set where hydrostatic pressure equals atmospheric pressure.
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The boundary between the saturated and unsaturated zones. Generally, the level to which water will rise in a well (except an artesian well).
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level below the earth's surface at which the ground becomes saturated with water. The surface of an unconfined aquifer which fluctuates due to seasonal precipitation.
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upper level of a saturated zone below the soil surface, often the upper boundary of a water-table aquifer.
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The top of an unconfined aquifer; indicates the level below which soil and rock are saturated with water.
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the upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater.
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The upper surface of a zone of saturation; the upper surface of the ground water.
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the upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation
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upper level of water in saturated ground.
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THe surface between the zone of sturation and the zone of aeration; that surface of a body of unconfined ground water at which the pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere.
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the level of groundwater; the upper surface of the zone of saturation for underground water[3]
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The level of ground water below which the ground is saturated.
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The level below the earth's surface at which the ground becomes saturated with water. The water table is set where hydrostatic pressure equals atmospheric pressure.
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Upper surface of a zone of saturation, where that surface is not formed by a confining unit; water pressure in the porous medium is equal to atmospheric pressure (the phreatic surface). The surface between the vadose zone and the groundwater; that surface of a body of unconfined groundwater at which the pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere.
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In a shallow aquifer, a water table is the depth at which free water is first encountered in a monitoring well. The boundary between the unsaturated zone and the saturated zone.The water table general [..]
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(geology) The level, underground, below which the ground is saturated with water
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 The level below which the ground is saturated with water.
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The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation. The zone of saturation is where the pores and fractures of the ground are saturated with water.The water table is the surface where the [..]
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A water table is a masonry architectural feature that consists of a projecting course that deflects water running down the face of a building away from lower courses or the foundation, though they are [..]
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