Definitions for aquifers

aquifers aq·ui·fer

Spelling: [ak-wuh-fer]
IPA: /ˈæk wə fər/

Aquifers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 253 anagrams from letters in aquifers (aefiqrsu).

Definitions for aquifers

noun

  1. any geological formation containing or conducting ground water, especially one that supplies the water for wells, springs, etc.

Origin of aquifers

1900-05; probably French aquifère (adj.); see aqui-, -fer

Examples for aquifers

And we know just what the strata formations are both below the reservoir and in the aquifer downstream.

In west-central Kansas, up to a fifth of the irrigated farmland along a 100-mile swath of the aquifer has already gone dry.

Vast stretches of Texas farmland lying over the aquifer no longer support irrigation.

The aquifer dips toward the region of the wells from higher ground, where it outcrops and receives its water.

Improper mining could kill the Kabul River and poison the aquifer for generations to come.

Palestinians are only allowed to dig wells 150 meters deep, but Israelis dig to the aquifer.

Which will supply the larger region with artesian wells, an aquifer whose dip is steep or one whose dip is gentle?

Refilling the aquifer would require hundreds, if not thousands, of years of rains.

Word Value for aquifers
Scrable

19

Words with friends

20

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