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ZONA NO SATURADA [7 records]

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Record 1 2016-01-19

English

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

A subsurface zone containing water under pressure less than that of the atmosphere, including water held by capillarity, and containing air or gases generally under atmospheric pressure.

OBS

This zone is limited above by the land surface and below by the surface of the zone of saturation, i.e. the water table. The zone is subdivided into the belt of soil water, the intermediate belt, and the capillary fringe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Partie de la lithosphère où les interstices des roches et les pores du sol sont remplis en partie par de l'air et en partie par de l'eau.

CONT

[Une zone vadose] normalement sèche ou à écoulement libre, de percolation temporaire, où prédomine la descente verticale des eaux après les pluies.

Spanish

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

Zona situada entre la superficie del agua (zona saturada) y la superficie del terreno, en la cual una parte de la porosidad del terreno se encuentra rellena de agua y otra parte de aire.

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Record 2 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Stream or stretch of stream, perched or not, which with respect to groundwater neither contributes water to the saturated zone, nor receives water from it.

OBS

It is separated from the saturated zone by an impermeable bed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Cours d'eau, perché ou non, à lit colmaté, sans liaison hydraulique ni échange d'eau en aucun sens avec les aquifères riverains.

Spanish

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

Curso de agua o tramo de éste, colgado o no, que ni recibe ni aporta agua a la zona saturada de las aguas subterráneas. Está separado de la zona saturada por un lecho impermeable.

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Record 3 2011-05-16

English

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

Water occurring in the unsatured zone (vadose zone) between the land surface and the water table.

OBS

... Meinzer (1939) divided the zone of aeration into three parts and proposed a series of terms of Greek origin to apply to the contained water. For all of the water in the zone of aeration he proposed the term "kremastic water." He proposed "rhizic water" for the water in the soil zone, "anastatic water" for the water in the capillary fringe, and "argic water" for the water in the intermediate zone. ... Meinzer's adaptations from the Greek for waters in the zone of aeration have never caught on, and few ground-water geologists normally use them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Toute eau qui se manifeste dans la zone non saturée.

Spanish

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

Cualquier agua que aparece en la zona no saturada.

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Record 4 2009-01-27

English

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

An aquifer having a water table as it's upper surface.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Aquifère surmonté de terrains perméables et disposant d'une surface piézométrique libre et d'une zone non saturée.

CONT

Un aquifère libre contient une nappe libre, i.e. une nappe souterraine dont la surface supérieure est soumise directement à la pression atmosphérique, par opposition à une nappe captive dont la surface supérieure est recouverte par une formation semi-perméable ou imperméable.

Spanish

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

Acuífero que contiene agua con una superficie piezométrica libre y presenta una zona no saturada.

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Record 5 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Water in the soil in excess of field capacity that is free to move in response to the pull of gravity.

DEF

Suspended water constituting films covering the surface of solid particles or the walls of fractures, but in excess of pellicular water; mobile water is free to move in any direction under the pull of the resultant of the force of gravity and unbalanced film pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Eau souterraine sur laquelle l'action de la gravité est prépondérante, soumise à l'hydrodynamisme et mobilisable par gravité.

OBS

Eau libre : déconseillé en raison du risque de confusion avec l'eau d'une nappe libre [...]

OBS

Noter qu'en plus du terme «eau libre», G. Castagny, Dictionnaire français d'hydrogéologie (source CAHYB) déconseille l'usage des termes : eau de gravitation, eau de gravité, eau gravitationnelle, eau gravifique.

Spanish

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

Agua en la zona no saturada que se mueve bajo la influencia de la fuerza de gravedad.

Key term(s)
  • agua gravitacional
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Record 6 1999-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Collection (Water supply)
DEF

Recharge well that is sunk only into the unsaturated zone.

OBS

Distinguished from an injection well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Captage des eaux
DEF

Puits absorbant arrêté dans la zone non saturée, n'atteignant pas la nappe.

OBS

Différent d'un puits d'injection.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Captación de agua
DEF

Pozo de alimentación que sólo penetra en la zona no saturada.

OBS

Se distingue de un pozo de inyección.

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Record 7 1997-11-27

English

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

That part of the unsaturated zone which extends from the lower edge of the root zone to the upper limit of the capillary zone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Spéléologie
DEF

Partie intermédiaire de la zone d'aération, au sens large, comprise entre la zone d'évapotranspiration et la frange capillaire.

Spanish

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

Parte de la zona no saturada comprendida entre el límite inferior de la zona radicular y el límite superior de la zona capilar.

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