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6. hydraulic gradient

  • is the difference in hydrostatic pressure between two points divided by the distance between them
  • is the difference in hydrostatic pressure between two points multiplied by the distance between them

7. a perched aquifer is

  • above the regional water table and is underlain by a lens of impermeable rock which prevents the water from percolating further dowanwards
  • one currently being replenished by rainwater via a rechrage zone on the surface

8. an artsian basin is a large, synclinal confined aquifer under hydrostatic pressure and an artesian well holds water under hydrostatic pressure, which rises up the well on release

  • True
  • False