GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Underneath the water table is the saturated zone, where water fills all spaces between sediments. The saturated zone is bounded at the bottom by impenetrable rock. The shape and height of the water table is influenced by the land surface that lies above it; it curves up under hills and drops under valleys.

Detailed explanation-2: -The top of the saturated zone is called the water table (Diagram 1). The water table may be just below or hundreds of feet below the land surface.

Detailed explanation-3: -zone of saturation, saturated zone) is the area in an aquifer, below the water table, in which all pores, fractures, and cavities (including karst caves) are filled with water.

Detailed explanation-4: -It occurs in two “zones”: an upper, unsaturated zone where most of the pore spaces are filled with air, and a deeper, saturated zone in which all the pore spaces are filled with water throughout the year.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is a zone of saturation? The zone of saturation is the portion of underground soil where all gaps are completely filled with water. In general, all of the soil and rock that is underground is divided into the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation.