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Groundwater storage

Groundwater = saturated zone of soil/rock below the land surface

Large amounts of water are stored in the ground in pores, cracks and spaces between rock particles. Most of this groundwater storage comes from precipitation that infiltrates into the land surface.

Acknowledgement: Diagram by USGS

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