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zone of saturation

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noun

  1. the ground below the water table

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Of the water which reaches the zone of saturation, a part may soon come to the surface in low areas and join the runoff, and a part may penetrate deeply.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

Above the zone of saturation gravity carries the water downward in devious courses until it reaches the water table.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

In pervious, or almost pervious rocks, the zone of saturation, or ground-water level, lies at much lower depth, and may permit of the construction of field works as well as cave shelters above it.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

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