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What method is successful but expensive for increasing water supplies?
What method is successful but expensive for increasing water supplies?
Which river is considered the largest in the world?
Which river is considered the largest in the world?
What is the term used to describe the top layers of the zone of saturation?
What is the term used to describe the top layers of the zone of saturation?
What phenomenon refers to liquid water turning to vapor well below boiling temperature?
What phenomenon refers to liquid water turning to vapor well below boiling temperature?
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Where are aquifers most likely to be contaminated?
Where are aquifers most likely to be contaminated?
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What does the term 'residence time' refer to?
What does the term 'residence time' refer to?
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Which process involves liquid water turning to vapor well below boiling temperature?
Which process involves liquid water turning to vapor well below boiling temperature?
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What term refers to the total amount of water taken from a body of water?
What term refers to the total amount of water taken from a body of water?
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What is the zone called where aquifers are most likely to be contaminated?
What is the zone called where aquifers are most likely to be contaminated?
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Which area on the downwind side of a mountain is known as a dry area?
Which area on the downwind side of a mountain is known as a dry area?
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What term describes the lower soil layers where all spaces are filled with water?
What term describes the lower soil layers where all spaces are filled with water?
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What is the largest river in the world?
What is the largest river in the world?
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What phenomenon is probably a permanent loss of an aquifer?
What phenomenon is probably a permanent loss of an aquifer?
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Where do aquifers hold both air and water in the upper soil layers?
Where do aquifers hold both air and water in the upper soil layers?
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What is the primary method of increasing water supplies that is successful but expensive?
What is the primary method of increasing water supplies that is successful but expensive?
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What is the term for the length of time a water molecule spends in a particular location before moving on through a process or cycle?
What is the term for the length of time a water molecule spends in a particular location before moving on through a process or cycle?
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