Water table
: SEE PERCHED WATER TABLE.
The upper limit in the soil or underlying material permanently saturated with water.
SEE PERCHED WATER TABLE.
The upper boundary for ground water at which the pressure in the groundwater is equal to atmospheric pressure. The body of ground water is not confined by an overlying impermeable formation. Not to confuse with water surface which in permeable material, in general, is above the water table. Choudhury andJansen (1997).