Zone of saturation

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Phreatic zone
Phreatic Zone is the area in an aquifer, below the water table, which relatively all pores and fractures are saturated with water. The phreatic zone is also known as the zone of saturation. The phreatic zone may fluctuate with changes in seasons and during wet and dry periods.
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Zone of saturation
The space in the soil below the water table in which all the pores are filled with water. The water in the zone of saturation is groundwater.


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Zone of Saturation
Groundwater zone within the Earth's bedrock where all available pores spaces are filled by water. Found beneath the water table.

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zone of saturation
A region that lies below the zone of aeration and is marked by the presence of water and the absence of air in the pores of rocks and soil.


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