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What is a perched water table, and what causes it?

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Depressions that result primarily from the surface or near-surface solution of rock and removal of the dissolved materials by water infiltrating downward into the subsurface are called _______________. (two words)
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Reply #1 on: Aug 7, 2018
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A perched water table is an accumulation of groundwater above an aquiclude that lies above the regional water table. It can occur where a shallow aquiclude is present above an aquifer containing the zone of saturation. Local infiltration is prevented from reaching the regional water table, pooling instead above the shallow aquiclude.

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