| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Hard water | is the type of water that has high mineral content |
| soft water | types of water that contain few or no calcium or magnesium metal cations. |
| solvent | A solvent is a liquid or gas that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution. |
| continental glaciers | A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure |
| valley glaciers | A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure |
| surface runoff | Surface runoff is the water flow which occurs when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources flows over the land. |
| precipitation | is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour that is deposited on the earth's surface.[ |
| condensation | Condensation is the change of the physical state of aggregation (or simply state) of matter from gaseous phase into liquid phase |
| transpiration | Transpiration is the evaporation of water from the aerial parts of plants, especially leaves but also stems, flowers and roots. |
| evaporation | Evaporation is the slow vaporization of a liquid and the reverse of condensation. |
| groundwater | Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of lithologic formations. |
| surface water | Water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, wetland, or ocean is called surface water, as opposed to groundwater or atmospheric water. |
| aquifer | An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well. |
| permeable | Permeation, in physics and engineering, is the penetration of a permeate (such as a liquid, gas, or vapor) through a solid, and is related to a material's intrinsic permeability |
| impermeable | gk |
| water table | The water table is the level at which the ground water pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure. It may be conveniently visualized as the 'surface' of the ground water in a given vicinity. |
| zone of aeration | gv |
| zone of saturation | jv |
| limestone | Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite |
| sinkhole | A sinkhole, also known as a sink, shake hole, swallow hole, swallet, doline or cenote, is a natural depression or hole in the surface topography caused by the removal of soil or bedrock, often both, by water. |
| karst system | hkgv |
| blue springs | kgj |
| reservoirs | reservoirs |
| domestic | khgv |
| flood irrigation | mhgvj |
| drip irrigation | Drip irrigation, also known as trickle irrigation or microirrigation is an irrigation method which minimizes the use of water and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either onto the soil surface or directly onto the root zone, through a network of valves, pipes, tubing, and emitters. |
| center pivot system | a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot. |
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