GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Surface water is any body of water above ground, including streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, reservoirs, and creeks. The ocean, despite being saltwater, is also considered surface water.

Detailed explanation-2: -Water that infiltrates Earth’s surface becomes groundwater, slowly seeping downward into extensive layers of porous soil and rock called aquifers.

Detailed explanation-3: -To better understand the difference between groundwater and surface water, groundwater is considered to be underground water. On the other hand, surface water is freshwater that exists above ground. Most of the groundwater contained in the earth is situated within half a mile or less from the surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -About 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all Earth’s water. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers, and even in you and your dog.