Saturday, December 25, 2010

GROUNDWATER AND WATERTABLE

GROUNDWATER AND WATER TABLE

In regions where there are porous rocks such as chalk, water is stored underground in large quantities ,these reservoirs of water are known as aquifers . Rain percolates through topsoil into the underlying bedrock , creating an underground store of water . The limit of the saturated zone is called the water table.

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