GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The groundwater found below the water table comes from precipitation that has seeped through surface soil. Springs are formed where the water table naturally meets the land surface, causing groundwater to flow from the surface and eventually into a stream, river, or lake.

Detailed explanation-2: -The rest runs into streams, rivers and dams (surface water) or soaks into the ground (groundwater). Infiltration happens when water soaks into the soil from the ground level. It moves underground and moves between the soil and rocks. Some of the water will be soaked up by roots to help plants grow.

Detailed explanation-3: -When it rains, water falling to the surface of the soil will either infiltrate into the soil or run off along the surface. Part of the water that infiltrates into the soil will be absorbed by the upper soil layers and part will seep down into the deeper soil layers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Groundwater is obtained, when the earth absorbs the water from the surface and stores it below the ground. We dig wells and tubewells to gain access to the groundwater.

Detailed explanation-5: -Water Cycle Components Infiltration is precipitation that soaks into the soil. Runoff is precipitation that does not soak into the soil but instead moves on the Earth’s surface toward streams. Streamflow is water moving across the Earth’s surface in streams.