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Epiphreatic zone

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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by SquisherDa (talk | contribs) at 17:12, 9 September 2019 (→‎top: + short description: fluency (rewording / extra and missing words) - the epiphreatic zone or the floodwater zone is the zone between vadose zone above it and phreatic zone beneath it [ or floodwater zone .. between the vadose zone above and phreatic zone below). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

In a cave system, the epiphreatic zone or floodwater zone is the zone between the vadose zone above and phreatic zone below. It is regularly flooded and has a significant porosity. It has a great potential for cave formation.[1]

References

  1. ^ Prelovšek, Mitja (2009). Present-Day Speleogenetic Processes, Factors and Features in the Epiphreatic Zone: Dissertation (PDF). University of Nova Gorica. p. 5.
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