water table

noun

: a stringcourse or similar member when projecting so as to throw off water

: the upper limit of the portion of the ground wholly saturated with water

Examples of water table in a Sentence

Heavy rainfall has caused the water table to rise.

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Groundwater naturally flows down to the large pits in the ground, which lowers the water table, causing wells to run dry. —

Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024 Dams raise the water table, extend the area along the banks of a river or lake that more animals and plants can inhabit, and keep more water on the landscape. —

Joseph Lee, Vox, 14 Oct. 2024 As Tucson and other southern Arizona communities grew, diversion and groundwater pumping lowered the water table and dried up the river, according to the Central Arizona Project. —

Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2024 By digging holes in the ground, pikas allow rainwater to percolate into the earth and replenish the water table. —

Sulmaan Khan, Foreign Affairs, 18 July 2014 See all Example Sentences for water table