Groundwater Terminology E-H
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| show | The wearing down or washing away of the soil and land surface by the action of water, wind, or ice.
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| show | The water loss from soil through both evaporation and transpiration from plants.
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| show | The soil's ability to attenuate substances by retaining chemicals or dissolved substances on the soil particle surface, transforming chemicals through microbial biological processing, retarding movement, and capturing solid particles.
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| show | Water with less than 0.5 parts per thousand dissolved salts.
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| Gas (gaseous) | show 🗑
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| Groundwater | show 🗑
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| show | The underground area from which groundwater drains. The basins could be separated by geologic or hydrologic boundaries.
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| show | A groundwater source close enough to surface water, such as a river or lake, to receive direct surface water recharge. Since a portion of the groundwater source’s recharge is from surface water, the groundwater is at risk of contamination from pathogens
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| show | The study of the interrelationships of geologic materials and processes with water, especially groundwater.
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| show | (aka the water cycle) The paths water takes through its various states--vapor, liquid, solid--as it moves throughout the oceans, atmosphere, groundwater, streams, etc.
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| show | The study of the occurrence, distribution, and chemistry of all waters of the earth.
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