Aquifer

Ruwan ruwa wani yanki ne na ƙarƙashin ƙasa na kayan da ke ɗauke da ruwa, wanda ya ƙunshi dutse mai ruɗi ko fashe, ko na kayan da ba a haɗa su ba ( tsakuwa, yashi, ko silt). Aquifers sun bambanta sosai a cikin halayensu. Nazarin kwararar ruwa a cikin magudanar ruwa da kuma yanayin yanayin ruwa ana kiransa hydrogeology. Abubuwan da ke da alaƙa sun haɗa da aquard, gado mai ƙarancin ƙarfi tare da magudanar ruwa, da aquiclude (ko aquifuge), yanki mai ƙarfi da mara ƙarfi da ke ƙasa ko kuma ya mamaye magudanar ruwa, matsatsin da zai iya haifar da samuwar magudanar ruwa. Za a iya rarraba magudanar ruwa a matsayin cikakke tare da unsaturated; aquifers da aquards; an tsare da ba a tsare; isotropic tare da anisotropic; m, karst, ko karaya; da ruwa mai wucewaPost, V. E. A.; Groen, J.; Kooi, H.; Person, M.; Ge, S.; Edmunds, W. M. (2013). "Offshore fresh groundwater reserves as a global phenomenon". Nature. 504 (7478): 71–78. Bibcode:2013Natur.504...71P. doi:10.1038/nature12858. PMID 24305150. S2CID 4468578.
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