aquifer basin

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• Aquifer — Typical aquifer cross section An aquifer is a wet underground layer of water bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. The study of water flow… …   Wikipedia

• Great Artesian Basin — ▪ basin, Australia also called  Great Australian Basin,         one of the largest areas of artesian water in the world, underlying about one fifth of Australia. It includes most of the Darling and Lake Eyre catchments and extends northward to… …   Universalium

• Chad Basin — The Chad Basin, also known as the Lake Chad Basin, is a large lowland area in north central Africa. In all directions from the center of this area the elevation changes are gentle. The Chad Basin is an endorheic (closed) basin its water does not… …   Wikipedia

• Perth Basin — The Perth Basin is a thick sedimentary basin in Western Australia. It lies beneath the Swan Coastal Plain west of the Darling Scarp, representing the western limit of the much older Yilgarn Craton, and extends further west offshore. Cities and… …   Wikipedia

• Yarragadee Aquifer — The Yarragadee Aquifer is a significant freshwater aquifer located in the south west of Western Australia and predominately beneath the Swan Coastal Plain west of the Darling Scarp. It has a north south range from about Geraldton to the south… …   Wikipedia

• Artesian aquifer — See Great Artesian Basin for the water source in Australia. An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer containing groundwater that will flow upwards through a well without the need for pumping. Water may even spurt out of the ground if the natural …   Wikipedia

• Columbia Basin Project — The Columbia Basin Irrigation Project The Columbia Basin Project (or CBP) in Central Washington, USA, is the irrigation network that the Grand Coulee Dam makes possible. It is the largest water reclamation project in the United States, supplying… …   Wikipedia

• Guaraní Aquifer — The Guaraní Aquifer, located beneath the surface of the original four Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), is one of the world s largest aquifer systems and an important source of fresh water for its people. [… …   Wikipedia

• Denver Basin — The Denver Basin, sometimes also called the Julesburg Basin, Denver Julesburg Basin (after Julesburg, Colorado), or the D J Basin, is a geologic structural basin centered in eastern Colorado in the United States, but extending into southeast… …   Wikipedia

• Great Artesian Basin — The Great Artesian Basin provides the only reliable source of water through much of inland Australia. The basin is the largest and deepest artesian basin in the world, covering a total of 1,711,000 square km. It underlies 23% of the continent,… …   Wikipedia

• Turlock Basin — The Turlock Basin is a sub basin of the San Joaquin Valley groundwater basin which occupies approximately 13,700 total square miles, making it the largest groundwater basin in the California. This aquifer is located within the California Central… …   Wikipedia