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  2. Groundwater - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. Water located beneath the ground surface An illustration showing groundwater in aquifers (in blue) (1, 5 and 6) below the water table (4), and three different wells (7, 8 and 9) dug to reach it. Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in ...

  3. Sangiran - Wikipedia

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    Homo sapiens Ngrejeng (40 kya). Sangiran is an archaeological excavation site in Java in Indonesia. [1] According to a UNESCO report (1995) "Sangiran is recognized by scientists to be one of the most important sites in the world for studying fossil man, ranking alongside Zhoukoudian (China), Willandra Lakes (Australia), Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), and Sterkfontein (South Africa), and more ...

  4. Ombilin Coal Mine - Wikipedia

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    The Ombilin Coal Mine (formerly PT Tambang Batubara Ombilin (TBO)) is a coal mine near Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, Indonesia.It is located in a narrow valley along the Bukit Barisan mountains, among the Polan, Pari, and Mato hills, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Padang.

  5. Qanat - Wikipedia

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    The air flow across the vertical shaft opening creates a lower pressure (see Bernoulli effect) and draws cool air up from the qanat tunnel, mixing with it. [ 25 ] The air from the qanat is drawn into the tunnel at some distance away and is cooled both by contact with the cool tunnel walls/water and by the transfer of latent heat of evaporation ...

  6. Soil moisture - Wikipedia

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    The rate at which a soil can absorb water depends on the soil and its other conditions. As a plant grows, its roots remove water from the largest pores (macropores) first. Soon the larger pores hold only air, and the remaining water is found only in the intermediate- and smallest-sized pores . The water in the smallest pores is so strongly held ...

  7. Water table - Wikipedia

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    The water table may vary due to seasonal changes such as precipitation and evapotranspiration.In undeveloped regions with permeable soils that receive sufficient amounts of precipitation, the water table typically slopes toward rivers that act to drain the groundwater away and release the pressure in the aquifer.

  8. Lake - Wikipedia

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    Under these circumstances carbon dioxide is hazardous because it is heavier than air and displaces it, so it may flow down a river valley to human settlements and cause mass asphyxiation. The material at the bottom of a lake, or lake bed , may be composed of a wide variety of inorganics , such as silt or sand , and organic material , such as ...

  9. Environmental impact of irrigation - Wikipedia

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    The first environmental effect is increased crop growth, such as in the Rubaksa gardens in Ethiopia The irrigation that grows crops, especially in dry countries, can also be responsible for taxing aquifers beyond their capacities.