• a partial list of aquifers around the world. A category-based list of aquifers is also available. Bas Saharan Basin Lotikipi Basin Aquifer (Kenya) Murzuk-Djado...
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    pressure of which could lead to the formation of a confined aquifer. The classification of aquifers is as follows: Saturated versus unsaturated; aquifers versus...
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    This is a list of some aquifers in the United States. An aquifer is a geologic formation, a group of formations, or a part of a formation that contains...
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    United States. As one of the world's largest aquifers, it underlies an area of approximately 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km2) in portions of eight states (South...
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    Sandstone Aquifer System (NSAS) is the world's largest known fossil water aquifer system. It is located underground in the Eastern end of the Sahara...
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    The Guarani Aquifer, located beneath the surface of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, is the second largest known aquifer system in the world...
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    pressurized. Not all aquifers are artesian (i.e., water table aquifers occur where the groundwater level at the top of the aquifer is at equilibrium with...
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    Lake Texcoco (category Landforms of the State of Mexico)
    fed from groundwater aquifers; fresh water poured in from Lake Chalco and Xochimilco's freshwater springs, and the thermal springs of Zumpango and Xaltocan...
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    pressure of which could lead to the formation of a confined aquifer. The classification of aquifers is as follows: Saturated versus unsaturated; aquifers versus...
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    Edwards Aquifer is one of the most prolific artesian aquifers in the world. Located on the eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas...
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  • drawn from the aquifers in the system, many of which are non-renewable. In 1995, an estimated 15.2 km3 of water was removed from the aquifer per year. By...
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    Biscayne Aquifer, named after Biscayne Bay, is a surficial aquifer. It is a shallow layer of highly permeable limestone under a portion of South Florida...
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  • Floridan aquifer system, composed of the Upper and Lower Floridan aquifers, is a sequence of Paleogene carbonate rock which spans an area of about 100...
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  • sand is one of the most extensive aquifers in the state. It frequently is 100 feet (30 m) thick and is typically found below elevations of 520 to 530 feet...
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    Permian Basin (North America) (category Sedimentary basins of North America)
    (North America). Geology portal Energy portal List of geographical regions in Texas University of Texas of the Permian Basin Permian Basin Petroleum Museum...
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  • Hamza River (category Aquifers of South America)
    what seems to be a slowly flowing aquifer in Brazil and Peru, approximately 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) long at a depth of nearly 4 kilometres (2.5 mi).[weasel words]...
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  • above the Yarragadee Aquifer, and beneath two superficial aquifers known as the Gnangara Mound and Jandakot Mound. These aquifers are separated by impervious...
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  • The Mahomet Aquifer is the most important aquifer in east-central Illinois. Composed of sand and gravel, it is part of the buried Mahomet Bedrock Valley...
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  • These aquifers are separated by impervious layers with no groundwater, called aquitards. The Yarragadee Aquifer stores about 1000 cubic kilometres of water...
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  • Only about 0.03 percent of the aquifer is used for drinking, while the rest is for domestic and industrial use. List of aquifers Westjohn, David B.; Weaver...
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    creating an artesian aquifer. There are several aquifers in the area in different layers underground, but the Waiwhetu aquifer is the largest and most...
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  • aquifer's "response" (drawdown) in observation wells. Aquifer testing is a common tool that hydrogeologists use to characterize a system of aquifers,...
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    the smaller North-Eastern (Mountain) Aquifers. The Mountain Aquifer and the Coastal Aquifer are the main aquifers shared by Israel in its pre-1967 borders...
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    Great Artesian Basin (category Aquifers in Australia)
    ten years out of date. Over thirty chemicals may be used in the process of hydraulic fracturing and their long-term impact on aquifers, agriculture and...
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  • aquifer is an aquifer system in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. It covers approximately 3,000 square miles (7,800 km2) and receives about 44 inches of precipitation...
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  • geographic boundaries of Kings and Queens Counties are within the recharge zone for the aquifers underlying the southeastern portion of Queens County. Groundwater...
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  • below the plain, the Upper Rhine aquifer – one of the largest in Europe – holds an estimated 45,000 km3 (11,000 cu mi) of fresh water and supplies some 3...
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  • Groundwater-related subsidence (category Aquifers)
    subsidence UNESCO Working Group on Land Subsidence Sea level rise List of aquifers in the United States USGS Fact Sheet-165-00 December 2000 USGS: Land...
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    Principal aquifers of California are those principal aquifers of the United States that lie within (or rather, below) the California state boundaries....
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  • 491°N 3.548°W / 51.491; -3.548 Schwyll Aquifer (pronounced 'Shwill') was historically known as 'the Great Spring of Glamorgan'. Welsh Water uses the resurgence...
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