noun
- an underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water and allows water to flow through it
Usage: geology
Examples
- The city drilled wells to tap into the underground aquifer.
- Pollution from the factory contaminated the local aquifer.
- Farmers rely on the aquifer to irrigate their crops during dry seasons.
- The aquifer provides fresh water to millions of people in the region.
- Scientists are studying how climate change affects aquifer levels.
- Over-pumping can cause an aquifer to become depleted.
- The limestone aquifer extends across three states.