EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -When water falls on the ground as rain, hail or snow, it can soak into the ground-this process is called infiltration. Water that soaks in this way may be stored underground as groundwater.

Detailed explanation-2: -Penetrating of atmospheric precipitation into an aquifer by mountain rock fracturing, through karst sinkholes and pores is called influation. Infiltration is characterized by a laminar groundwater movement, and influation, by turbulent flow.

Detailed explanation-3: -Infiltration is the process of water entry into the soil through the earth’s surface. The water at the soil surface can originate from rain, snowmelt or anthropogenic activities (e.g. to regulate groundwater formation by artificial infiltration).

Detailed explanation-4: -Precipitation takes one of two paths once on the ground. It runs over the surface into rivers, lakes or the ocean, and becomes surface water, or it soaks into the earth and becomes groundwater.