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How do surface and groundwater interact?

Streams and Groundwater

Many introductory geology texts include a chapter on water resources with diagrams of groundwater feeding a surface stream - and that happens a great deal, especially in the eastern US. But in the west, streams are often perched well above the water table, and rather than receiving groundwater, surface streams feed the underground water resources.

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