I have never seen a more perfect description of groundwater than in this article, “Groundwater | The Unseen Part Of The Water Cycle” in the Summer 2023 issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine.
Groundwater is a part of the natural water cycle. Rain water becomes runoff, evaporates, transpires, forms clouds, infiltrates, and returns as precipitation.
Groundwater is located in the saturated zone beneath the surface. It consists of the water table, aquifers, and recharge. Water moves slowly through the ground until it reaches the aquifer. Then it discharges back to the surface as rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans.
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