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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.
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∙ 7y agoYes it is.An aquifer is an underground layer of water bearing permeable rock.
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Is an aquifer a permeable rock layer filled with water?
zone of aeration.
What variable determines the amount of water an aquifer can hold?
An aquifer refers to a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater. The factor that determines how much water an aquifer can hold is the composition of its surrounding bedrock.
A rock layer that stores and allows the flow of groundwater?
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What are two types of rock needed to produce an aquifer?
The two types of rock that are needed to produce an aquifer are sandstone, and are full of pores and can hold a lot of water.
What is the water that collects underground is called?
An aquifer is an underground layer of rock, sand, or gravel that contains groundwater.
What is Water that collects in spaces and cracks in rocks a soil underground?
an underground layer of rock that can hold water is an aquifer.
What is underground layer of spongy rock that holds water?
An underground layer of spongy rocks that holds water is an aquifer.
What is a permeable layer of rock the is saturated with water?
An Aquifer.
What type of water is aquifer?
An aquifer is not a type of water. It is an underground layer of permeable rock, sediment or soil that contains water. Wells are dug to reach this layer to obtain water.
Is an aquifer a permeable rock layer filled with water?
zone of aeration.
What is the name given to a layer of permeable rock that allows the flow of groundwater?
An aquifer is a layer of permeable rock that contains water. It usually conducts groundwater and supplies the water for wells and springs.
Why does water stop traveling through the soil and remain in an aquifer?
Water can eventually reach a layer of impermeable rock which does not allow its further downward passing. This is the base layer which creates the aquifer.
What variable determines the amount of water an aquifer can hold?
An aquifer refers to a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater. The factor that determines how much water an aquifer can hold is the composition of its surrounding bedrock.
What is a stratified aquifer?
It is where a layer of underground water is sandwiched between layers of sediment and rock.
Name a layer of water bearing rock through which ground moves?
This is an aquifer.
What is the name given to a layer of water bearing rock through which ground water moves?
This is known as an aquifer.
A rock layer that stores and allows the flow of groundwater?
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