Cross sectional diagram of water table aquifier.


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Figure 5. Cross sectional diagram of a water Illustration of capillary action; water is drawn to different heights in tubes of different internal diameters, showing the vadose zone (unsaturated zone), water table, and saturated aquifer. Insets below show water occurrence in crevices or fractures in rock (left) or between sediment or soil grains (right).
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Source: U.S. Geological Survey, <a href="http://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgwaquifer.html">Water Science for Schools: Aquifers</a>.
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