GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Water that emerges at the surface without a perceptible current is called a seep. Wells are holes excavated to bring water and other underground fluids to the surface. Water in springs, seeps, and wells generally originates as rainfall that has soaked into the soil and percolated into underlying rocks.

Detailed explanation-2: -Springs occur when water pressure causes a natural flow of groundwater onto the earth’s surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under natural conditions, ground water moves along flow paths from areas of recharge to areas of discharge at springs or along streams, lakes, and wetlands. Discharge also occurs as seepage to bays or the ocean in coastal areas, and as transpiration by plants whose roots extend to near the water table.

Detailed explanation-4: -Surface runoff (also known as overland flow) is the flow of water occurring on the ground surface when excess rainwater, stormwater, meltwater, or other sources, can no longer sufficiently rapidly infiltrate in the soil.

Detailed explanation-5: -Springs are natural points of groundwater discharge that occur when the water table or a permeability boundary intersects the land surface.