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English: A diagram showing the relation between confined and unconfined aquifers; figure 5 from USGS circular 1186; https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1186/html/gen_facts.html.

The regions in the figure correspond to:

  • light blue zones are aquifers,
  • darker blue hatched zone is an aquitard,
  • light brown (tan) section is the vadose zone (unsaturated zone), and
  • dark brown area is "impermeable" bedrock (an aquiclude).
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A diagram showing the relation between confined and unconfined aquifers

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