EARTH SCIENCE
GROUNDWATER
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Question
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Surface water percolates (moves) through the soil to form groundwater.
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There is no relationship between surface and groundwater.
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Groundwater filters through the soil to form surface water.
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Surface water is found in lakes directly above underground water sources.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Surface water seeps into the ground and recharges the underlying aquifer-groundwater discharges to the surface and supplies the stream with baseflow. USGS Integrated Watershed Studies assess these exchanges and their effect on surface-water and groundwater quality and quantity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Water infiltrates the soil by moving through the surface. Percolation is the movement of water through the soil itself. Finally, as the water percolates into the deeper layers of the soil, it reaches ground water, which is water below the surface. The upper surface of this underground water is called the “water table".
Detailed explanation-3: -Water penetrates the ground through joints or small pore spaces between particles via a process known as infiltration. 2. The water contained in spaces within bedrock and regolith is referred to as Groundwater.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.