I think it related to water table because saturated means full so the water table might be full?
The top saturated zone is called the water table.
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The water table sits on top of the soil zone.
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The water table or phreatic surface.
This is known as the phreatic surface or water table.
The zone of saturation and the water table share two zones of ground water.
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Gaining or effluent streams receive water from the saturated zone.
According to the Wikipedia article on Water Table as of this writing, the zone of intermittent saturation is a range of depth in which the ground is intermittently saturated with water. In some places, the water table raises in the winter, and falls in the summer. The zone between the winter height and the summer height is the zone of intermittent saturation. Sometimes wet. Sometimes dry.
why would water stop soaking into the ground in the saturated zone
Groundwater is found in a saturated zone, meaning that since there is so much water in the soil, theres just water.