EARTH SCIENCE
GROUNDWATER
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Question
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Bed rock and rocks restrict the movement of water
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Groundwater is stored between layers of hard rock
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Sand or soil, which permits the passage of water
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Low rainfall area
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Detailed explanation-1: -The groundwater stored between the layers of hard rock below the water table is known as acquifer.
Detailed explanation-2: -(a) An aquifer is a groundwater stored between layers of hard rock above the water table.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ground water accumulator between the layer of hard rocks (water bearing permeable rock, rock fractures). It is known as aquifer.
Detailed explanation-4: -Groundwater is stored in aquifers, which are spaces below ground in which water is trapped within layers of sand and gravel. The water stored in aquifers originates as rain and snowmelt that flows downward from the surface through the different layers of soil.
Detailed explanation-5: -Groundwater is water that occurs below the Earth’s surface at depths where all the pore (open spaces) between soil particles, sediment or rocks are completely filled with water.