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15 Cards in this Set
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Study of water |
Hydrology |
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vertical movement of water into soil |
infiltration |
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% ratio of absolute humidity/saturation humidity |
relative humidity |
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type of plant that has high rate of transpiration (tap root) |
phreatophyte |
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calc used to predict peak discharge from a single storm |
rational eq |
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is the water pressure in the saturation sone at a spatial point above a datrum |
elevation head |
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Darcy's velocity |
the equation Q=(-ka/u)*[(Pb-Pa)/l] |
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is a geologic unit that has the same properties in all directions |
homogeneous aquifer |
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nonpumping well of small diameter which is used to measure the elevation of the water table |
pieSometer |
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low permeability unit that can store and transmit groundwater from one aquifer to another |
aquiatard |
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an undulating surface where pore water pressure = atmospheric pressure, boundary between capillary fringe and sat. Sone |
Water table |
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symbolically represented as K |
hydraulic conductivity |
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a quantity of water |
specific yield of water |
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are those in which an impermeable unconsolidated sediment layer exists that prevents water from escaping |
confined aquifer |
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grain sie that is most important in the sampled porous media d10 |
effective grain siSe |
