level of the water table
1Water table — The water table is the level at which the ground water pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure. It may be conveniently visualized as the surface of the ground water in a given vicinity. It usually coincides with the phreatic surface , but can… …
2water table — water tables N COUNT: usu the N The water table is the level below the surface of the ground where water can be found. Environmentalists say that diverting water from the river will lower the water table and dry out wells …
3water table — 1. The top surface of a body of slowly moving ground water that fills the pore spaces within a rock mass. Above it lies the freely draining vadose zone, and below it lies the permanently saturated phreas. In uniform aquifers, such as sandstone …
4water table — noun underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water spring rains had raised the water table • Syn: ↑water level, ↑groundwater level • Hypernyms: ↑geological formation, ↑formation * * * noun, pl ⋯ tables [count] …
5water table — 1. the planar, underground surface beneath which earth materials, as soil or rock, are saturated with water. 2. Archit. a projecting stringcourse or similar structural member placed so as to divert rain water from a building. Also, watertable.… …
6water-table cave — In theory the water table offers the prime environment for cave development as it provides the shortest route through the phreas and is potentially more active chemically due to the presence of the air/water interface. However, geological… …
7water table — water .table n technical the level below the ground where there is water …
8water table — water ,table noun count the level below the Earth s surface where water is found …
9water table — ► NOUN ▪ the level below which the ground is saturated with water …
10water table — n. 1. the level below which the ground is saturated with water 2. Archit. a projecting ledge or molding which throws off rainwater …
