2006-08-11 16:44:39 · 10 answers · asked by digs_harleys 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Aquifer: An underground bed or layer of earth, gravel, or porous stone that yields water for wells and springs, etc.
2006-08-11 16:50:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An aquifer is an underground labarynth of flowing water. Water runs off the land and collects in areas called watersheds. The water slowly filters it's way through a type of rock, limestone in the case of florida aquifers, and into the system underground.
2006-08-11 17:07:33 · answer #2 · answered by cnhuetm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An aquifer is a sub surface area of pourouse materials that is saturated with water. There are a number of types of aquifers though, mostly differing by the type of materials of which they're composed and how they are fed.
2006-08-11 17:08:29 · answer #3 · answered by icetender 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An aquifer is an underground layer of rock and sand that contains water.
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An aquifer is a sand, gravel or rock formation capable of storing or conveying water below the surface of the land.
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An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, or permeable mixtures of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) (see also groundwater). Some productive aquifers are in fractured rock (carbonate rock, basalt, or sandstone). The study of water flow in aquifers and the characterization of aquifers is hydrogeology.
2006-08-11 16:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An aquifer is a porous layer of material beneathe the surface that allows water to flow through it.
2006-08-11 16:53:43 · answer #5 · answered by skoolboy56 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An aquifer is a term related to hydro geology. It is a water bearing stratum/strata comprising loose/semi-consolidated sediments or rocky strata having the capacity of storing and transmitting the ground water. There are two types of aquifers namely confined and unconfined.
2006-08-11 17:43:14 · answer #6 · answered by chandra 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simple non-technical description of an aquifer is that it is a body of rock or sediment that has enough open space that is connected where water can be stored and / or removed.
2006-08-11 16:53:50 · answer #7 · answered by Rock Doc Rich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An aquifer is a saturated soil stratum with a piezometric head.
2006-08-11 17:20:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A water filter...
2006-08-11 16:52:00 · answer #9 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
opposite of sandifer.
2006-08-13 14:12:17 · answer #10 · answered by pisa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋