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Earth's Water: Groundwater topics
What is groundwater
Aquifers
Importance of groundwater
Ground water flowing from a road cut
Groundwater seepage
Groundwater quality
Pesticides in groundwater
Groundwater use
Trends in ground-water use
Groundwater depletion
Groundwater use and water-level decline
Effects of drought on groundwater resources
Sinkholes
Land subsidence
Land subsidence (more)
Water wells
Artesian (flowing) well?
Truck-mounted drill rig
The messy job of drilling a well
Water dowsing
How hydrologists find groundwater
True/False quiz: Ground water
The water cycle
The water cycle
Groundwater storage
Groundwater discharge
Infiltration
Springs
Follow this drop
through the water cycle
See how a
2nd grade Australian class views the water cycle
A USGS Fact Sheet about groundwater