Water Table: Meaning, Formation, Types & Groundwater Concepts
Explained
Ground water - correct answer ✔✔the part of precipitation that infiltrates the soil to the water
table. It is an important component of water systems.
Sources of groundwater - correct answer ✔✔-precipitation
-interception
-subsurface flow
-soil moisture
Zones of ground water - correct answer ✔✔Zone of aeration/vadose zone: a zone that contains
both water and air
Saturated zone: where all the interconnected opening between rock particles are filled with
water
Saturated zone is classified into four catagories - correct answer ✔✔-aquifer
-aquiclude
-aquifuge
-aquitard
Aquifers - correct answer ✔✔A layer of porous substrate (underground layer of porous rock e.g.
gravel, sand or silt) that contains and transmits groundwater.
Aquifer types - correct answer ✔✔Confined aquifer: overlain by a confining bed and are
recharged through cracks in impermeable layer
Unconfined aquifer: has no confining bed and open to infiltration from surface.
Explained
Ground water - correct answer ✔✔the part of precipitation that infiltrates the soil to the water
table. It is an important component of water systems.
Sources of groundwater - correct answer ✔✔-precipitation
-interception
-subsurface flow
-soil moisture
Zones of ground water - correct answer ✔✔Zone of aeration/vadose zone: a zone that contains
both water and air
Saturated zone: where all the interconnected opening between rock particles are filled with
water
Saturated zone is classified into four catagories - correct answer ✔✔-aquifer
-aquiclude
-aquifuge
-aquitard
Aquifers - correct answer ✔✔A layer of porous substrate (underground layer of porous rock e.g.
gravel, sand or silt) that contains and transmits groundwater.
Aquifer types - correct answer ✔✔Confined aquifer: overlain by a confining bed and are
recharged through cracks in impermeable layer
Unconfined aquifer: has no confining bed and open to infiltration from surface.
