Across
- 3. Porous and permeable geological formation (that can hold and transmit significant amounts of water).
- 5. The evaporation of water from plants
- 7. When an aquifer is confined between two much less permeable units, it is called a … aquifer.
- 9. The top of the zone of saturation is called the ...
- 10. A device used to measure the hydraulic pressure at a point in the groundwater system.
- 11. What field of science studies groundwater and its interaction with rocks?
Down
- 1. Steady input of groundwater that sustains streamflow over long time periods
- 2. Geological formations that have low permeability
- 4. Volume of water that flows past a gauging station in an unit time interval
- 6. What is the name of the water located underground in the pores and cracks of rocks?
- 8. What is the term for a solid, impenetrable rock?