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GROUND-WATER DIVIDE [1 record]

Record 1 1997-12-04

English

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

A ridge in the water table or other potentiometric surface from which the ground water represented by that surface moves away in both directions. Water in other aquifers above or below, and even in the lower part of the same aquifer, may have a potentiometric surface lacking the ridge, and so may flow past the divide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Ligne de part et d'autre de laquelle, à la surface d'une nappe souterraine, l'eau s'écoule dans des directions opposées.

Spanish

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

Línea de un nivel freático o superficie piezométrica a cada lado de la cual el flujo de agua subterránea diverge.

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