 Water table (source code)

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= Water table
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The <water table> is the upper surface of the saturated zone in an <unconfined aquifer>, where liquid <pressure> equals <atmospheric pressure> in the simplest drainage model. Under the <Dupuit approximation>, its height determines <hydrostatic pressure> throughout the saturated region and therefore the lateral <Darcy flux>.

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