aquifer's potentiometric surface

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• aquifer, artesian —    A confined aquifer where the potentiometric surface rises above the top of the aquifer bed [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• piezometric surface —    1. The imaginary surface to which water from a given aquifer will rise under its full static head [10].    2. Defined by the elevation to which water will rise in artesian wells or wells penetrating confined aquifers [16].    See also… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

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• divide —    1. A line connecting the highest topographic elevations or ground water crests that separate one drainage basin from another [16].    2. A ridge in the water table or potentiometric surface from which the ground water represented by that… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• water-table map —    A map showing the upper surface of the phreatic zone of a water table aquifer by means of contour lines [1].    See also phreatic zone; potentiometric surface map; water table aquifer …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• equipotential line —    or surface    1. A contour line on the potentiometric surface along which the pressure head of ground water in the aquifer is the same. Fluid flow is normal to these lines in the direction of decreasing fluid potential [6].    2. Line (or… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• confined —    A modifier which describes a condition in which the potentiometric surface is above the top of the aquifer [22].    Synonymous with artesian …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• ground-water divide —    1. A ridge in the water table or other potentiometric surface from which ground water moves away in both directions normal to the ridge line [22].    2. A dividing line between two ground water basins. 3. In well hydraulics, the streamline… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• MODFLOW — simulation MODFLOW is the U.S. Geological Survey modular finite difference flow model, which is a computer code that solves the groundwater flow equation. The program is used by hydrogeologists to simulate the flow of groundwater through aquifers …   Wikipedia