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  2. Soil formation - Wikipedia

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    Surplus water percolating through the soil profile transports soluble and suspended materials from the upper layers to the lower layers (illuviation), including clay particles [47] and dissolved organic matter. [48] It may also carry away soluble materials in the surface drainage waters. Thus, percolating water stimulates weathering reactions ...

  3. Groundwater recharge - Wikipedia

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    Water balance. Groundwater recharge or deep drainage or deep percolation is a hydrologic process, where water moves downward from surface water to groundwater. Recharge is the primary method through which water enters an aquifer. This process usually occurs in the vadose zone below plant roots and is often expressed as a flux to the water table ...

  4. Infiltration (hydrology) - Wikipedia

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    The maximum rate at that water can enter soil in a given condition is the infiltration capacity. If the arrival of the water at the soil surface is less than the infiltration capacity, it is sometimes analyzed using hydrology transport models, mathematical models that consider infiltration, runoff, and channel flow to predict river flow rates ...

  5. Throughflow - Wikipedia

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    Water thus returns to the surface, as return flow, before or on entering a stream or groundwater. [1] [2] Once water infiltrates into the soil, it is still affected by gravity and infiltrates to the water table or if permeability varies laterally travels downslope. [1] Throughflow usually occurs during peak hydrologic events (such as high ...

  6. Percolation - Wikipedia

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    For example, in geology, percolation refers to filtration of water through soil and permeable rocks. The water flows to recharge the groundwater in the water table and aquifers. In places where infiltration basins or septic drain fields are planned to dispose of substantial amounts of water, a percolation test is needed beforehand to determine ...

  7. Groundwater - Wikipedia

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    Groundwater recharge or deep drainage or deep percolation is a hydrologic process, where water moves downward from surface water to groundwater. Recharge is the primary method through which water enters an aquifer. This process usually occurs in the vadose zone below plant roots and is often expressed as a flux to the water table surface.

  8. Aquifer - Wikipedia

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    Groundwater recharge or deep drainage or deep percolation is a hydrologic process, where water moves downward from surface water to groundwater. Recharge is the primary method through which water enters an aquifer. This process usually occurs in the vadose zone below plant roots and is often expressed as a flux to the water table surface.

  9. Eluvium - Wikipedia

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    Eluviation occurs when precipitation exceeds evaporation. A soil horizon formed due to eluviation is an eluvial zone or eluvial horizon. In a typical soil profile, the eluvial horizon refers to a light-colored zone located (depending on context and literature) either at the lower part of the A horizon (symbol: Ae) or within a distinct horizon ...