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1
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What is weathering?

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Weathering is the process that involves the physical or chemical breakdown of materials on Earth’s surface.

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What is erosion ?

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Erosion is the removal of surface material through the process of weathering.

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What is sediment transport ?

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Sediment transport is when water, ice, wind, and gravity move eroded materials from one place to another

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What is deposition?

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When the erosional agent slows down (in the case of water, wind, or gravity) or melts (in the case of glaciers), it drops this sediment

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What is a drainage basin ?

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The land area that gathers water for a major river

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What is longshore current?

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The movement of water parallel to the shoreline

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What is weathering ?

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The process of of physical or chemical breakdown of materials at or near Earth’s surface

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Do rocks weather at the same rate ?

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No

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What are the two main factors that determine how fast a rock will weather ?

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The nature of the material being weathered and climate

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What are the two types of weathering ?

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Mechanical and Chemical Weathering

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What type of change happens with mechanical weathering ?

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Physical Changes

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What type of change happens with chemical weathering ?

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Chemical Changes

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What are the three specific types of mechanical weathering ?

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Frost Wedging, Biological Activity, Collisions

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What causes frost wedging ?

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When water collects in the cracks of a rock and then freezes

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What is the cycle called during frost wedging ?

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Freeze - Thaw Cycles

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What causes biological activity ?

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Plant and animal activity

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What causes weathering during collision ?

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When rocks fall from a cliff or tumble through turbulent rivers

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What are the two types of chemical weathering caused by ?

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Oxygen and Water

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What is the chemical process called that is caused by oxygen ?

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Oxidization

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What is the chemical process called that is caused by water ?

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Hydrolysis

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21
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What is parent material ?

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The material from which soil forms

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What are soil horizons ?

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The different layers of soil

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How many soil horizons are there ?

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Six

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24
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True or False. All soils contain every soil horizon ?

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False

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What are the specific soil horizon ?

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O , A , E , B, C, R, Horizons

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What does the first soil horizon contain ?

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organic material

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What is the second horizon mostly made up of ?

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Mostly Minerals

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Which layer does leaching occur ?

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Horizon E

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29
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Which horizon collects materials from previous horizons ?

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Horizon B

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30
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Which layer is partially weathered bedrock ?

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Horizon C

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Which layer is unweathered bedrock ?

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Horizon R

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32
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Which soil horizons make up the topsoil ?

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Which soil horizons make up the subsoil ?

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34
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Which soil horizons make up the true soil ?

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O,A,E,B

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What is the difference between weathering and erosion ?

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Weathering is the process that involves the physical breakdown of materials while erosion is the removal of surface material.

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36
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If a the slope of a river decreases what will happen to the speed of the river ?

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The river’s speed will decrease

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37
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Small streams that flow into large river are called _______

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Tributaries

38
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What is the land area called that gathers water for a major river ?

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Drainage Basin

38
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What is the land area called that gathers water for a major river ?

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Drainage Basin

39
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A boundary that separates distinct drainage basins is called a ___________ ?

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Drainage Divide

40
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As water flows downhill under the influence of gravity and water erodes the Earth’s surface creating what ?

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Channels

41
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What shape are young river due to their fast movement ?

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V - shaped

42
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What kind of rivers are wide with smooth and gentle slopes ?

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Mature

43
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What type of land form is created when rivers floods and drops their sediment load ?

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Floodplains

44
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What is a fan - shaped that forms at a mouth of a river called ?

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Deltas

45
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What are distributaries ?

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Branching channels created by deltas

46
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What is a delta ?

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A delta is a land form that forms at the mouth of a river

47
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What is formed when the mouth of a river or stream enters dry land ?

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Alluvial Fans

48
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What are two types of glaciers ?

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Valley and Continental

49
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Where do valley glaciers form ?

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High, Mountainous regions

50
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Where do continental glaciers form ?

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In large land areas in colder climates

51
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Where are the two continental glaciers located ?

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In Greenland and Antarctica

52
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What is a cirque ?

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A Bowl Shaped basins

53
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What is an arete ?

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Long, sharp ridge line between valley glaciers

54
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What is a horn in a mountainous region ?

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Sharpened Peak

55
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What shape of valley do valley glaciers form ?

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U - shaped

56
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What are tributary glaciers ?

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Small glaciers that feed into the large glaciers

57
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What type of valleys do tributary glaciers form ?

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Hanging valleys

58
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Define Infiltration :

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The process by which water enters Earth and becomes groundwater below the surface.

59
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Define Water Table

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The upper boundary of the saturated zone .

60
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Define Aquifer :

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A rock unit that can transfer water through its pore space.

61
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Define porosity :

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The percentage of the material’s total volume that is pore space.

62
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Define Absolute Dating :

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The process of assigning an exact numerical age to an organism, an object, or an event.

63
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Define relative dating :

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The process of placing objects or events in their proper order in time.

64
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Define Uniformitarianism

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States that the laws of nature operate today as they have in the past

65
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Define principles of superposition

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States that in an undisputed sequence of sedimentary rock layers, the youngest rocks will be at the top and oldest rocks will be at the bottom.

66
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Define Uncomformities :

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They are gaps in the rock record during which either erosion occured or deposition was absent.

67
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Define Fossils :

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The remains or traces of organisms found in the geologic rock record.

68
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What percentage of water on Earth is salt water ?

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97 percent

69
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What percentage of water on Earth is freshwater ?

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3 percent

70
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Where is the majority of freshwater found ?

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Glaciers

71
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Where is the smaller percentage of freshwater found ?

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Lakes, river

72
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What is precipitation ?

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When water vapor in the air cools and condenses to form liquid water or ice crystals. Examples of this include rain, snow, sleet, and hail

73
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What is runoff ?

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Water running off the land surface

74
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What is infiltration ?

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The process by which water enters Earth and becomes groundwater below the surface

75
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What is transpiration ?

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When plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through their leaves

76
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What is evaporation ?

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When water enters the atmosphere as water vapor

77
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What is condensation ?

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When water vapor collides with other water vapor molecules to form water droplets

78
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What is the water cycle ?

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When water evaporates and returns back the land

79
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What is an unsaturated zone for groundwater storage ?

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A porous area where water easily passes through

80
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What is a saturated zone for groundwater storage ?

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Where water completely fills the pore space

81
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What is a water table ?

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The upper boundary of the saturated zone.

82
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What does it mean if sediment is permeable ?

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The more permeable the material is the easier water can infiltrate through the ground.

83
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What is an aquifer ?

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An aquifer is a rock unit that can transfer water through its pore space

84
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What is the name of the Great Plain Aquifer ?

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Known as the Ogallala Aquifer

85
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How many states does the Great Plain Aquifer run through ?

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8 states

86
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What are the names of the states that the Great Plains Aquifer run through ?

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South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas

87
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What is an aquitard ?

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An aquitard is a poorly permeable underground layer that limits the flow of groundwater from one aquifer to another

88
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How are water springs formed ?

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When the water table naturally meets Earth’s surface

89
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What is an artesian well ?

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Wells that are drilled into pressurized aquifers

90
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What is a cone of depression ?

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The direction that the water flows is directed down toward the well, creating a cone of depression

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