watery areas are called
The top of the water in the soil, sand, or rocks is called the water table and the water that fills the empty spaces and cracks is called ground water. Water seeping down from the land surface adds to the ground water and is called recharge water.Ground water is recharged from rain water and snowmelt or from water that leaks through the bottom of some lakes and rivers.ater leaving an aquifer is called discharge water. Water that is pumped from a well is discharge water. Ground water might also discharge naturally as springs or into swamps, lakes, or rivers. Some wells, called artesian wells, do not need a pump.