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groundwater
[noun]
Water that fills pore space in rocks and sediments and forms a subsurface aquifer. Groundwater is distinct from soil moisture, which does not completely fill pore spaces and is immediately beneath the surface.
Appears in modules:
- Ecosystem Services Categories and valuation
- Modeling in Scientific Research Simplifying a system to make predictions
- Substances Pure substances and mixtures
- The Hydrologic Cycle Reservoirs and fluxes of water on Earth
- The Nitrogen Cycle Of microbes and men
- The Periodic Table of Elements IV Chemical families
- The Rock Cycle Uniformitarianism and recycling
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