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UNSATURATED ZONE

Specialty Definition: UNSATURATED ZONE

DomainDefinition

Environment

The area above the water table where soil pores are not fully saturated, although some water may be present. (references)

Geography

That portion of the lithosphere in which the functional interstices of permeable rock or earth are not(except temporarily)filled with water under hydrostatic pressure; that is, the interstices either are not filled with water or are filled or partly filled with water that is held by capillarity. The zone of aeration comprises the area where fringe water, intermediate water, and ground water may be found. Source: European Union. (references)

Hydrologic

The zone immediately below the land surface where the pores contain both water and air, but are not totally saturated with water. These zones differ from an aquifer, where the pores are saturated with water. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: UNSATURATED ZONE

Specialty definitions using "UNSATURATED ZONE": perched ground waterSoil Moisture, soil ventingvacuum extraction, Vadose Zone. (references)

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Commercial Usage: UNSATURATED ZONE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Unsaturated Zone Hydrology for Scientists and Engineers (reference)

  • Pollutants in Porous Media: The Unsaturated Zone Between Soil Surface and Groundwater (Ecological Studies ; V. 47) (reference)

  • Unsaturated Zone Hydrology (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: UNSATURATED ZONE

Language Translations for "UNSATURATED ZONE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

umaettet zone (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

onverzadigde zone (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vajovesivyöhyke (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water), ilmastusvyöhyke (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water). (various references)

   

French

  

zone non saturée, zone d'aération. (various references)

   

German

  

ungesaettigte Zone (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water), Lufteinwirkungszone (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ζώνη αερισμού (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water). (various references)

   

Italian

  

zona d'aerazione (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aturatedunsay onezay

   

Portuguese

  

zona não saturada (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water), zona de aeração (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water), zona de água capilar suspensa (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

zona insaturada (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water), zona de aireación (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

omättad zon (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water), luftad zon (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water), jordluftzon (aeration zone, zone of aeration, zone of suspended water). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: UNSATURATED ZONE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-n-n-o-r-s-t-t-u-u-z"

-4 letters: denaturants, unsaturated.

-5 letters: autostrade, denaturant, toadeaters, transudate, understate, undertones, unreasoned, unsaturate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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