Water resources

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Groundwater
The water retained in the pore spaces of rocks below the water table
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Porosity
The volume of pore spaces
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Permeability
The rate at which a fluid flows through a rock
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water table
The surface separating unsaturated rock above from saturated rock below
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Hydrostatic pressure
The pressure at a point in a body of water due to the weight of the overlying column of water
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Hydraulic gradient
The difference in hydrostatic pressure between two points divided by the distance between them
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Card 2

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The volume of pore spaces

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Porosity

Card 3

Front

The rate at which a fluid flows through a rock

Back

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Card 4

Front

The surface separating unsaturated rock above from saturated rock below

Back

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Card 5

Front

The pressure at a point in a body of water due to the weight of the overlying column of water

Back

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