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Zone between the saturated and unsaturated zones
Cross section showing the water table varying with surface topography as well as a
perched water table
Cross-section of a hillslope depicting the
vadose zone,
capillary fringe,
water table, and the
phreatic or saturated zone. (Source:
United States Geological Survey.)
In a
cave system, the epiphreatic zone or floodwater zone is the zone between the
vadose (unsaturated) zone above and
phreatic (saturated) zone below. It is regularly flooded and has a significant
porosity. It has a great potential for
cave formation.
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