Science Vocab Chapter 16
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- groundwater
- The water that is beneath Earth's surface
- karst topography
- A type of irregular topography that is characterized by caverns, sinkholes, and underground drainage and that froms on limestone or other soluble rock
- permeability
- The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces, or pores
- artesian formation
- a sloping layer of permeable rock sandwiched between two layers of impermeable rock and exposed at the surfaceq
- cavern
- A natural cavity that forms in rock as a result of the dissolution of minerals; also a large cave that commonly contains many smaller, connecting chambers
- porosity
- The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces
- aquifer
- A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater
- recharge zone
- Anywhere that water from surface can travel through permeable to reach an aquifer
- water table
- the upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation
- sinkhole
- A circular depression that forms when rock dissolves, when overlying sediment fills an exsisting cavity, or when the roof of an underground cavern or mine collapses