Groundwater Aquifers - Aquifers are like big sponges
Aquifers are like big sponges
Underground areas called aquifersUnderground layer of sand, gravel, or spongy rock that collects water. collect much of this groundwater. An aquifer is composed of permeableHaving pores that permit a liquid or a gas to pass through. rock, loose material that holds water. Permeable means "having pores that permit a liquid or a gas to pass through." You might think of a groundwater aquifer as a big sponge that soaks up the rain that seeps below the surface.
As water from the surface slowly seeps down, or percolatesTo pass through a permeable substance., through the soil, it eventually hits a solid, or impermeableNot allowing substances to pass...
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