Groundwater & Fluvial Systems

Igneous rock with very low porosity

Zone where water inter confined water table

Spreading groundwater out for plants

V/H

Controlling factor in the flow of water beneath the surface

Soils which do not allow water to pass

Name for direction of movement of groundwater

Liquid pure gasoline on water

Soils which allow water to pass freely

Soils which slow water down

River system where water flows to ground water

Zone through which water infiltrates to the water table

Water table above regional water table

Local Aquiclude

What happens when groundwater surface cuts water table

Response of water table to over use

Super heated water reaching the surface

Zone defined by water moving upward from water table

Aquifer which is easiest to pollute

Water trapped in pore spaces by addhession to grains

The % of rock volume taken up by pores

Light none aqueous Phase liquid

Two dimensional surface which separates the vadose and the saturated zone

Trapped Ground Water

Local unconfined aquifer

Pushing water into disolved phase to volatize gasoline

The amount of water transmitted by soils

Ground water system where rain can infiltrate directly to water table

Underground storage which leaks

Soaks in

Zone where al pores are filled with water

Source of heat for Gysers

Mineral which forms cave landforms

Elongated sinkhole

Space between the grains

Water table depression by over use

Salt water flowing into cone of depression

Gaseous phase in soil

River system where water flows from groundwater to river

The potential to transmit water

Phase in solution

Surface vaccuum extraction

Water that flows to the sea beneath the land surface

Zone where pores are at least partially filled with air

Spires formed on floor of cavern

Primary use of ground water

Spires formed on from top of cavern

Where aquicludes occur between surface and water table

surface expression of collapsed cavern

Limestone where air is blown in by turbulence

Sediment with greatest permeability

Flat limestone terrain pocked by sinkhole and solution vallies

Stream type which results from large changes in volume of water

The ultimate limit of erosion

Slows water down

Most efficient shape for water transport

The amount of dissolved rock being moved by the stream

The amount of sediment carried in contact with stream bed

Bouncing down the stream

The best measure of the amount of water coming off the hill side

Accumulation of river born sediments in quite water

Site of most deposition in a meandering stream

Controlled by gradient and friction

The limit of all erosion

Third deposit in point bars

Site where most sediments in a braided stream reside

Slope of the land

Destruction of terrestrial sediment leaving marine deposition

Limit of Stream Erosion

Flow Regime of water under pressure

Result of low river and high wave transport

Second deposit in point bar

The physical and chemical break down of rocks

Flow regime of water when there is no overlying pressure

Spit which cuts off meander loope

Projection of sand extending away from bank

Trough in which stream flows

Oxbows are back filled with ____

Sediments falling out as transport media slows

Where do you find the fastest flow in any stream flow?

The amount of sediment being moved

Result to high deposition and low wave dispersal

Deposit terrestrial sediments out onto marriage deposits

Site of least deposition in a meandering stream

Picking up a sediment

Preferred profile of a stream

Cut off meander loope

Gravel left behind by stream

Moving sediments down hill

The amount of sediment being carried in water column

Delta which is the result of roughly equal river and wave transport

Deposit on bank by river breaching stream bed

Stream type which wanders back and forth in valley

Trace of highest velocity flow down a stream