groundwater

groundwater

See also: ground water

English

Alternative forms

• ground water

Etymology

ground +‎ water

Noun

groundwater (countable and uncountable, plural groundwaters)

1. Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.

Translations

Water existing beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers

Basque: lurpeko ura Bulgarian: подпочвена вода f (podpočvena voda) Chinese: Cantonese: 地下水 (dei6 haa6 seoi2) Mandarin: 地下水 (zh) (dìxiàshuǐ) Czech: podzemní voda (cs) Dutch: grondwater (nl) n Finnish: pohjavesi (fi) French: eau souterraine f Georgian: მიწისქვეშა წყალი (mic̣iskveša c̣q̇ali) German: Grundwasser (de) n Low German: Grundwater (nds) n (Schlewig-Holstein, Ostfriesland, Hamburg, Nordniedersachsen, Oldenburg-Bremen, Münsterland), Grundwaater (nds) n (Westwestphalia) Greek: εδαφικό νερό n (edafikó neró) Gujarati: ભૂગર્ભજળ (bhūgarbhajaḷ), ભૂજળ (bhūjaḷ) Hindi: भूजल (hi) (bhūjal) Indonesian: air tanah (id) Irish: screamhuisce Italian: acqua freatica f, falda acquifera (it) f Japanese: 地下水 (ja) (chikasui) Kannada: ಅಂತರ್ಜಲ (kn) (antarjala) Korean: 지하수 (ko) (jihasu) Malay: air tanah, air bawah tanah, air bumi Maltese: ilma tal-pjan m Maori: wainuku Marathi: भूजल (bhūjal) Norwegian: Bokmål: grunnvann n, grunnvatn n Nynorsk: grunnvatn n Polish: woda gruntowa f Portuguese: água subterrânea f, água de poço f, água de poços f Romanian: apă subterană f, apă freatică f Russian: подзе́мные во́ды pl f (podzémnyje vódy), грунто́вая вода́ f (gruntóvaja vodá) Sicilian: farda (scn) Spanish: agua subterránea Sundanese: ᮎᮄ ᮒᮔᮩᮂ (cai taneuh) Swedish: grundvatten (sv) n Tagalog: tubig-lupa Thai: น้ำบาดาล (náam-baa-daan) Turkish: yeraltı suyu Vietnamese: nước ngầm

Further reading

• groundwater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia