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Перевод: aquifer

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водоносный слой; горизонт

Тезаурус:

1. The aquifer therefore becomes saturated to a level where the water flowing out balances the recharge that comes in from rainwater.
2. An aquifer may therefore carry water from a humid area to a dry one, even a desert.
3. Each of its 3.5m people pulls 200 gallons (750 litres) of water a day from the Everglades or its aquifer.
4. This is especially important when an aquifer dips beneath another layer that is much less permeable.
5. So the water table is not at a constant level, but rises and falls during the year as the amount of water stored in the aquifer increases and decreases.
6. As usual, rainwater fills up the aquifer and water flows out from it where it meets the surface.
7. AN AQUIFER often lies on top of a layer of less permeable rock.
8. It reaches rivers only after passing slowly through an aquifer.
9. Above this floor, rain soaks down to recharge an aquifer.
10. If you drill a borehole into a confined aquifer, water will rise up the borehole until the column of water is enough to balance the pressure in the aquifer.
11. Below the impermeable layer, water is trapped in the aquifer, which is said to be confined.
12. it may not be applicable to all contaminated aquifers, in that low permeability or highly sorptive soils may prevent full dispersion of the microorganisms through the aquifer;