[DOC] [TLE] Natural processes of ground-water and surface-water interaction [PAR] Jan 11, 2013 ... The water table commonly intersects land surface at the shoreline, ... Contours of 
water-table elevation indicate gaining streams by pointing ... of this water to the 
stream in a period of days or weeks tends to reduce ..... When this occurs, 
precipitation on the saturated area adds to the quantity of overland flow. [DOC] [TLE] Download Lesson Plan - Pennsylvania Sea Grant [PAR] Groundwater is defined as water that is found beneath the water table under 
Earth's ... An unconfined aquifer is an aquifer that is exposed to the surface of the 
land. ... Porosity and permeability of the sediment, soil, and bedrock in the area 
also affects ..... along with the ground water flow, which tends to follow a down-. [DOC] [TLE] Glossary Acidity. See Reaction, soil. Aeration, soil. The exchange of ... [PAR] Material, such as sand, silt, or clay, deposited on land by streams. ... Less than 20 
inches to solid bedrock. ... When wet, adheres to other material and tends to 
stretch somewhat and pull apart rather ... Growing crops in strips that follow the 
contour. ... Water is removed so slowly that the soil is saturated periodically 
during the... [DOC] [TLE] Streams and Drainage Systems - Tulane University [PAR] Nov 2, 2015 ... Streams carry most of the water that goes from the land to the sea, and thus ... 
Drainage Patterns - Drainages tend to develop along zones where rock ... They 
are above the water table and occur in dry climates with low ... the stream must 
adjust its velocity and cross sectional area in order to form a balance. [DOC] [TLE] CHAPTER 11 - GEOLOGIC HAZARDS [PAR] In addition to speed of onset, geologic hazards also tend to have impacts ... 
Smaller earthquakes, aftershocks, may follow the main shock, sometimes .... in 
steeply sloping to nearly flat land; in bedrock, unconsolidated sediments, fill, .... 
Earthquake shaking: Landslides in saturated materials, landslides into or 
beneath water. [DOC] [TLE] Water table - Wikipedia [PAR] The water table is the surface where the water pressure head is equal to the 
atmospheric pressure (where gauge pressure = 0). It may be conveniently 
visualized as the "surface" of the subsurface materials that are saturated with 
groundwater in a given vicinity. ... In permeable or porous materials, such as 
sands and well fractured bedrock,... [DOC] [TLE] Watershed hydrology and catchment response - University of ... [PAR] biological reactions as water moves over the land surface and then into ... 
Tributary streams tend to stretch ... across an area of steeply folded bedrock. ... 
follow the path of least resistance and thus are concentrated in places .... water 
table rises and the surface becomes saturated. .... contour length; these terms 
can be. [DOC] [TLE] 7. Groundwater - Oak Ridge National Laboratory [PAR] Most residents in the Oak Ridge area do not rely on groundwater for potable ... 
the water table, which generally follows, in subtle form, the contour of the surface 
... layers, the downgradient direction tends to be more horizontal than vertical. ... 
Most groundwater flow in the saturated zone occurs within the water table interval
. [DOC] [TLE] KGS--Clay County--Ground water - the Kansas Geological Survey [PAR] Apr 7, 2009 ... The amount of water that a saturated rock will yield to the force of ... to lift the 
water above the land surface, the well will flow naturally. ... Water-table contours 
were drawn over a part of this area (Pl. 2), but in ... although the steep, slopes of 
this area tend to encourage runoff. .... The bedrock contour map (Fig. [DOC] [TLE] Basic Ground-Water Hydrology - National Centre for Groundwater ... [PAR] Saturated flow and dispersion . ..... the land surface and thus make ground water 
one of the most ... commonly referred to in ground-water reports as bedrock . ... 
The water table is the level in the saturated zone at ..... that of the contour by the 
distance between the well ... laminar-that is, water particles tend

Question: This "table" is the saturated area of bedrock; it tends to follow the contours of the land
Answer: the water table