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Definitions for "PERCHED WATER"
Keywords:  impermeable, unconfined, groundwater, sediment, unpressurized
Related Terms: Ground water, Groundwater, Groundwater table, Groundwater level, Perched aquifer, Perched water table, Water table, Zone of saturation, Unconfined aquifer, Capillary fringe, Phreatic, Saturated zone, Aquifer, Groundwater recharge, Artesian, Subsurface water, Recharge zone, Recharge, Artesian water, Aquifers, Confining layer, Aquitard, Unsaturated zone, Vadose zone, Water-table, Artesian well, Recharge area, Confined aquifer, Spring water, Aquiclude, Percolation, Potentiometric surface, Infiltration, Drawdown, Saturated, Subirrigation, Zone of aeration, Induced recharge, Seep, Spring , Cone of depression, Artificial recharge, Unsaturated flow, Capillary water, Infiltrate, Artesian aquifer, Groundwater basin, Pervious, Discharge area, Seepage
Groundwater that accumulates over an impervious soil layer from rainfall or other sources that finds release on bluff faces. Perched water is released on bluff faces as seeps or springs.
ecy.wa.gov
Zone of unpressurized water held above the water table by impermeable rock or sediment.
nsc.org
Unconfined groundwater held above the water table by a layer of impermeable rock or sediment
gem.msu.edu
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