NV GDEs

2. the movement of water within interstices of a porous medium due to forces of adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension
7. (GDEs) are natural communities including plants, animals, and microbes that rely on groundwater for all or part of their water needs.
10. surface water is present year-round. In Nevada, this usually indicates the presence of a groundwater source
12. surface water is only present for part of the year because the water body is dependent on snowmelt or precipitation
14. a body of permeable rock or sediment that stores and transmits water
15. a spring-fed stream that may also be called a spring run
16. large bodies of water that are surrounded by land
17. the area of the stream bed or banks where upwelling groundwater interacts with the surface water in the stream
19. occur where groundwater from underground aquifers discharges to the surface through fractures, faults, or porous rocks

1. the introduction of surface water or groundwater to groundwater storage in an aquifer
3. confined to and native to a certain area or region
4. a type of wetland that has water year-round or seasonally
5. lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered with shallow water
6. form where grasses and herbs have access to groundwater or saturated soils
8. the zone immediately above the water table where groundwater is lifted against gravity by surface tension
9. a length of a river or stream
11. form around alkaline lake edges by discharge of dissolved calcium in subsurface groundwater springs to form calcium carbonate mineral towers, some as high as 3 m or more
13. plants that obtain water from groundwater directly or through the capillary fringe
18. flat, inland basins with net-negative water balances – there is more water leaving the basin via evaporation than water coming into the basin from groundwater flow, surface flow, or precipitation