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diagram illustrating the water table
Searching for sustainable water supplies in Namibia
geyser and hot spring aquifer
How stalactites and stalagmites form in caves
Can reed beds clean contaminated groundwater?
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groundwater summary
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water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)
Water and its Varying Forms
Cave pool thermal spring in Grjotagja Cave, near Myvatn lake in Iceland. Groundwater. Lava cave
Groundwater Quiz
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Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017
What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?
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Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg
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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
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Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

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Searching for sustainable water supplies in Namibia
Learn about efforts to locate groundwater in Namibia, where fresh water is scarce....
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
How stalactites and stalagmites form in caves
Creation of caves by groundwater.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Can reed beds clean contaminated groundwater?
Learn about experiments that use plants, notably reeds, to filter pollutants from...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Tt/Dreamstime.com

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diagram illustrating the water table
The water table is the top level of groundwater. Surface water is an exposed part...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
geyser and hot spring
Groundwater percolates through porous rock into fractures deep underground, where...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
aquifer
The process of saltwater intrusion into a coastal aquifer depends on how much water...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley
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