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  1. Groundwater - Wikipedia

    Groundwater is fresh water located in the subsurface pore space of soil and rocks. It is also water that is flowing within aquifers below the water table.

  2. What is groundwater? | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov

    Groundwater is water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface. The upper surface of the saturated zone is called the water table. Contrary to popular belief, …

  3. What is Groundwater? – The Groundwater Foundation

    Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. It is stored in and moves slowly through geologic formations of soil, sand and rocks called aquifers.

  4. Groundwater - Department Of Water Resources

    Groundwater is an important source of water stored in the earth, deep beneath our feet, in what are called aquifers. Aquifers are the collective saturated spaces between many layers of …

  5. Groundwater | Description & Importance | Britannica

    Nov 14, 2025 · groundwater, water that occurs below the surface of Earth, where it occupies all or part of the void spaces in soils or geologic strata. It is also called subsurface water to …

  6. Groundwater is fresh water (from rain or melting ice and snow) that soaks into the soil and is stored in the tiny spaces (pores) between rocks and particles of soil. Groundwater accounts for …

  7. Groundwater | Groundwater facts

    Groundwater is the water that fills cracks and other openings in beds of rocks and sand. Each drop of rain that soaks into the soils moves downward to the water table, which is the water …

  8. National Geographic Freshwater 101: Groundwater

    Groundwater is the water that seeps into the earth and is stored in aquifers—areas of soil, sand, and rock that are capable of holding liquid. The water sits in between particles or in cracks and...

  9. Groundwater - Groundwater Basics | California State Water …

    Jul 20, 2018 · What is groundwater? Groundwater is any water found beneath the Earth’s surface. Despite being difficult to visualize, groundwater makes up a significant portion of the Earth’s …

  10. Groundwater - Education

    Oct 19, 2023 · Water that has travelled down from the soil surface and collected in the spaces between sediments and the cracks within rock is called groundwater. Groundwater fills in all …