- saturated zone
- зона насыщения
Англо-русский словарь по экологии. 2011.
saturated zone
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saturated zone — See phreatic zone and zone of saturation … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
zone of aeration — The zone in permeable soil or rock that is above the zone saturated with water; the zone of vadose water [10]. See also vadose zone … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
zone of saturation — The zone in permeable soil or rock that is saturated with water; the phreatic zone [10]. See also phreatic zone … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Vadose zone — [ capillary fringe, water table, and phreatic or saturated zone. (Source: United States Geological Survey.) ] The vadose zone, also termed the unsaturated zone, is the portion of Earth between the land surface and the phreatic zone or zone of… … Wikipedia
phreatic zone — 1. Those parts of the earth’s crust in which all voids are filled with water under pressure greater than atmospheric [22]. 2. That part of the earth’s crust beneath the regional water table in which all voids, large and small, are ideally… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Hayward Fault Zone — The Hayward Fault Zone is a geologic fault zone capable of generating significantly destructive earthquakes. About 60 kilometers long, it lies mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay. It runs through… … Wikipedia
Earth's Critical Zone — The Earth s Critical Zone is the “heterogeneous, near surface environment in which complex interactions involving rock, soil, water, air, and living organisms regulate the natural habitat and determine the availability of life sustaining… … Wikipedia
Riparian zone — Riparian redirects here. For the legal doctrine, see riparian water rights. A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a stream. Plant communities along the river margins are called riparian vegetation, characterized by… … Wikipedia
Death zone — The death zone, in mountaineering, refers to altitudes above a certain point where the amount of oxygen cannot sustain human life. The point is generally tagged as between 7000 meters (22,950 feet)cite web |url= http://www.8000metres.com/death… … Wikipedia
Phreatic zone — The phreatic zone (from Ancient Greek phrear, phreat a well ), or zone of saturation, is the area in an aquifer, below the water table, in which relatively all pores and fractures are saturated with water. The phreatic zone may fluctuate with… … Wikipedia
lake — lake1 /layk/, n. 1. a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. 2. any similar body or pool of other liquid, as oil. 3. (go) jump in the lake, (used as an exclamation of dismissal or impatience.) [bef. 1000; ME lak(e) … Universalium
