Hydrogeology Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. A type of soil or rock that completely blocks water flow
  2. 5. the term for water below the earth's surface
  3. 9. the name of the hydraulic grade line in hydrogeology
  4. 13. When pore spaces are not full of water
  5. 14. A type of aquifer which is under pressure
  6. 15. the parameter describing how easily water can move through a material
  7. 16. the top of the saturated zone and bottom of the unsaturated zone
Down
  1. 1. when water infiltrates to increase water in the aquifer
  2. 2. A type of soil or rock that does not readily allow water to flow through
  3. 4. another name for the unsaturated zone
  4. 6. A type of aquifer with a free surface
  5. 7. A type of aquifer where water is caught on top of a low permeability area, although water around will percolate to a deeper water table
  6. 8. When the pore spaces are full of water
  7. 10. A type of well where water flows up without needing a pump
  8. 11. This type of force holds water in a saturated "fringe" zone above the water table
  9. 12. the parameter which describes how large the spaces are within a material