At places, the groundwater is stored between layers of hard rock below the water table. This is known as __________.

a reservoir

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an aquifer

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a hard water

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a well water

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The correct option is B an aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand or salt). Ground water can be extracted using a water well.

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A man digging the ground near a water body found that the soil was moist. As he kept digging deeper and deeper he reached a level where all the spaces between particles of soil and gaps between rocks were filled with water. The upper limit of this layer is called
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(b) water table
(c) groundwater
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At places, the groundwater is stored between layers of hard rock below the water table. This is known as __________.

The correct option is B an aquiferAn aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand or salt). Ground water can be extracted using a water well.

The correct option is B an aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand or salt). Ground water can be extracted using a water well.