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ARTESIAN WELL [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A well from which water flows under natural pressure without pumping.

OBS

It is dug or drilled wherever a gently dipping, permeable rock layer (such as sandstone) receives water along its outcrop at a level higher than the level of the surface of the ground at the well site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Ouvrage destiné à capter l'eau d'une nappe souterraine sous pression, emprisonnée entre deux couches de terrain imperméable. [Définition normalisée par l'OLF.]

CONT

Lorsqu'on fore un puits en un point de la surface du sol situé à un niveau inférieur à celui de la surface libre de la nappe [aquifère], l'eau jaillit dès que l'on crève la couche imperméable qui l'emprisonne : c'est un «puits artésien».

OBS

puits artésien : terme normalisé par l'OLF.

Spanish

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

Pozo que comunica con un acuífero confinado o artesiano en el que el nivel del agua se eleva por encima del nivel del suelo.

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