WATER TABLE


Meaning of WATER TABLE in English

The upper boundary for ground water at which the pressure in the groundwater is equal to atmospheric pressure. The body of ground water is not confined by an overlying impermeable formation. Not to confuse with water surface which in permeable material, in general, is above the water table. Choudhury andJansen (1997).

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