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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A well tapping a localized body of perched ground water, a body of water perched not on a continuous impermeable stratum but on a lenticular bed of impervious material often of limited extent.  1, record 1, English, - tray%20well

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The upper boundary of the zone of saturation except where it is bounded by an impervious stratum.  2, record 2, English, - water%20table

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Where an overlying confining formation exists, the aquifer in question has no water table. It is not the water surface which in permeable material, in general, is above the water table.  3, record 2, English, - water%20table

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Surface supérieure de la zone de saturation, quand la nappe souterraine n'est pas encaissée par une formation imperméable sus-jacente.  4, record 2, French, - surface%20de%20la%20nappe

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Nappe (d'eau souterraine). Eaux souterraines remplissant entièrement les interstices d'un terrain poreux et perméable (l'aquifère) de telle sorte qu'il y ait toujours liaison par l'eau entre les pores. Une nappe se forme par accumulation des eaux d'infiltration au-dessus d'un terrain imperméable qui interdit leur progression vers le bas. L'eau remplit par gravité toutes les cavités accessibles du terrain jusqu'à un niveau appelé surface de la nappe. Cette tranche de terrain où toutes les cavités accessibles sont remplies d'eau est appelée zone de saturation.  1, record 2, French, - surface%20de%20la%20nappe

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Quand une formation encaissante sus-jacente existe, la zone de saturation n'a pas de surface libre. La surface d'une nappe souterraine libre n'est pas la surface d'eau qui, dans les matériaux perméables, se trouve, en général, au-dessus de la surface de la nappe souterraine libre.  4, record 2, French, - surface%20de%20la%20nappe

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A water table, usually of limited area, maintained above the normal free water elevation by the presence of an intervening relatively impervious confining stratum....  4, record 3, English, - perched%20watertable

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 DEF

A water table due to the "perching" of water on a relatively impermeable layer at some depth within the soil.  5, record 3, English, - perched%20watertable

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The soil within or below the impermeable layer is not saturated with water.  5, record 3, English, - perched%20watertable

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Nappe d'eau souterraine, permanente ou temporaire, surmontant une couche imperméable située entre la surface d'une nappe souterraine et la surface du sol.  6, record 3, French, - nappe%20suspendue

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les matériaux de la couche imperméable, ou ceux du sol sous-jacent, ne sont pas saturés d'eau.  5, record 3, French, - nappe%20suspendue

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Masa de agua subterránea, generalmente de dimensiones moderadas, situada sobre un estrato relativamente impermeable, y que está localizada entre un nivel freático y la superficie del terreno.  1, record 3, Spanish, - capa%20de%20agua%20subterr%C3%A1nea%20colgada

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A stratum or horizon of accumulated stiff, compact, and relatively impervious clay.  2, record 4, English, - claypan

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

It is not cemented, but it may interfere with water movement.  2, record 4, English, - claypan

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS

A term used in the United States for a dense, compact layer in the profile having a much higher clay content that the overlying material, from which it is separated by a sharply defined boundary. In the Canadian classification system, this pan is recognized as a clay-enriched illuvial B (Bt) horizon.  3, record 4, English, - claypan

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Couche d'argile accumulée, compacte et relativement imperméable.  1, record 4, French, - banc%20d%27argile

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Elle n'est pas consolidée mais peut s'opposer au mouvement de l'eau.  1, record 4, French, - banc%20d%27argile

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

strata: term rarely used in the singular (stratum).  2, record 5, English, - impervious%20strata

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les dépôts organiques (animaux ou végétaux) ont subi dans les couches imperméables (argileuses, par ex.) pauvres en oxygène une fermentation particulière [...] sous l'action de bactéries anaérobies. Le pétrole ainsi formé a graduellement remonté sous les actions diverses [...]  1, record 5, French, - couches%20imperm%C3%A9ables

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish