Across
- 2. an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
- 5. the top layer of a body of water.
- 7. The zone of aeration is the region between the earth's surface and the water table. The main components of this region are the soil and rocks.
- 9. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
- 10. defined as the ratio of the volume of pores to the volume of bulk rock and is usually expressed as a percentage.
Down
- 1. all the pores and rock fractures are filled with water, underlies the unsaturated zone.
- 3. allowing liquids or gases to pass through it.
- 4. an underground boundary between the soil surface and the area where groundwater saturates spaces between sediments and cracks in rock.
- 6. water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface.
- 8. not allowing fluid to pass through.