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cone of depression


Cone shaped depression occurring horizontally across a water table. Causes by excessive removal of groundwater by a surface well.
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A downward distortion or dimple in the water table that forms as a well pumps water faster than it can flow through the aquifer.
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The area around a discharging well where the hydraulic head (potentiometric surface) in the aquifer has been lowered by pumping. In an unconfined aquifer, the cone of depression is a cone-shaped depre [..]
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cone of depression


A depression in the water table that develops around a pumped well.
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The depression, roughly conical in shape, produced in the water table by the pumping of water from a well. Confluent Growth
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cone of depression


natural depression in the water table around a well during pumping.
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In hydrologic terms, the depression, roughly conical in shape, produced in a water table, or other piezometric surface, by the extraction of water from a well at a given rate. The volume of the cone w [..]
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In hydrologic terms, the depression, roughly conical in shape, produced in a water table, or other piezometric surface, by the extraction of water from a well at a given rate. The volume of the cone w [..]
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cone of depression


the drop in the water table near an overused well, resulting in a cone-shaped dry zone called an area of influence.
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cone of depression


A depression in the water table that develops around a pumped well.
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The depression, roughly conical in shape, produced in the water table by the pumping of water from a well. Also called the cone of influence. Also see CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE.  
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In hydrologic terms, the depression, roughly conical in shape, produced in a water table, or other piezometric surface, by the extraction of water from a well at a given rate. The volume of the cone will vary with the rate of withdrawal of water. Also called the Cone of Influence.
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cone of depression


the cone-shaped area formed when the spaces in the rock or soil are emptied as water is withdrawn from a well.
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cone of depression


The area around a discharging well where the hydraulic head (potentiometric surface) in the aquifer has been lowered by pumping. In an unconfined aquifer, the cone of depression is a cone-shaped depression in the water table where the media has actually been dewatered.
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