the area from which a body of water is recharged. In the Mammoth Cave region, the cave and groundwater recharge zone may be many miles from the cave itself and may include disappearing springs and sinkholes.
The area of land, including caves, sinkholes, faults, fractures and other permeable features, that allows water to replenish an aquifer . This process occurs naturally when rainfall filters down through the soil or rock into an aquifer.
Portion of an aquifer where water enters the sub-surface through sinkholes, caves, and fractures in the rock. Term Acronym Source
The area over which an aquifer is replenished; for a confined aquifer the area would be small, but for an unconfined aquifer the recharge zone would likely be the entire length of the aquifer.
an area in which water is infiltrated and added to the groundwater reservoir or aquifer.
that area through which water in an aquifer is replenished either by runoff, by infiltration from precipitation, or by underground flow from connected aquifers.
Area where water infiltrates into an aquifer.