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BORDER SPRING [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

A spring which occurs on the lower slope of an alluvial cone at the point where the water table slope and the surface gradient are equal.

OBS

This point is often located at the point of gradation from pervious sand with a flat water table slope to less pervious alluvial material which calls for a steep slope to carry the water supplied from above.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

[...] source qui apparaît à la partie inférieure d'un cône de déjection au point où la pente de la surface de la nappe phréatique est égale à celle du cône.

OBS

Ce point est souvent situé à l'endroit de transition entre un sable perméable avec pente douce de la nappe phréatique et un matériau alluvial moins perméable qui exige une pente raide pour laisser passer l'eau venant d'en haut.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

Spring formed against a barrier boundary such as an upper confining bed, or as a fault between a raised bedrock block and a depressed block covered with a thick aquifer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Source située au contact d'une limite étanche, telle que le toit imperméable d'un aquifère ou une faille entre un bloc de soubassement relevé et un bloc affaissé recouvert d'un aquifère épais.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geología
DEF

Fuente formada al contacto de un acuífero con una barrera, como una capa acuífera cerrada en su parte superior, o como una falla entre dos bloques de roca madre, uno elevado y otro deprimido, que queda cubierto por un acuífero espeso.

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