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Aquifers are permeable layers of rock that have non permeable layers of rock under them so water remains in the permeable layers
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What are aquifers made of?
Aquifers are made of permeable rock layers
Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely are called?
Permeable rock strata are called aquifers.
What are underground layers of porous rock filled with water called?
Aquifers.
What is a layer of rock that allows water to flow through called?
Aquifers are layers of rock that hold a lot of water and allow it to circulate.
What type of rock is groundwater found in?
Usable groundwater is to be found in aquifers. Aquifers are porous, permeable rocks sandwiched between two layers if impermeable rocks. Sandstones and porous limestones can form good aquifers.
What does aquifer mean?
a water-bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, or gravel
Where can i find aquifers?
Aquifers can be found underground in many places around the world. They are typically located beneath the Earth's surface where water is stored in permeable rock or sediment layers. Aquifers can be accessed through wells for drinking water and irrigation purposes.
Aquifers are rock layers that are what?
Aquifer are underground areas of saturated permeable rock or sediments above layers of impermeable rock that have the ability to hold/retain ground water, preventing it from percolation and infiltration, thereby serving as a form of natural water storage .
How geological layers contain water?
aquifers
What are permeable and porous rock layers thet can hold and transmit groundwater?
This type of layer is found within the earth and is called an Aquifer.
Is an aquifer in a layer of rock that hold water in it?
Aquifers are layers of rock (primarily limestone) that gather water in thier porous holes. People have made machines to extract this water, and they are very useful. Aquifers are used primarily in the coastal plains region of the USA.
Why are Nazca and Aquifer linked?
The Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate, causing the uplift of the Andes Mountains. This geologic activity has created a series of aquifers in the region as water seeps through the fractured rock layers of the mountains, filling underground reservoirs known as aquifers.
