GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The saturated zone beneath the water table is called an aquifer. Aquifers are huge storehouses of groundwater.

Detailed explanation-2: -The upper surface of this water-filled area, or “zone of saturation", is called the water table. The saturated area beneath the water table is called an aquifer, and aquifers are huge storehouses of water.

Detailed explanation-3: -The phreatic zone, saturated zone, or zone of saturation, is the part of an aquifer, below the water table, in which relatively all pores and fractures are saturated with water. Above the water table is the unsaturated or vadose zone.

Detailed explanation-4: -The vadose water is further subdivided into three zones, i.e., soil water zone, intermediate zone and capillary zone.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.