Environmental Science for AP* (2nd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 9 - Module 26 - The Availability of Water - AP Review Questions - Page 301: 2

Answer

A cone of depression

Work Step by Step

Rapid pumping of a deep well can cause adjacent, shallower wells to go dry. It creates an area with no ground water in the well; this is termed as " A cone of depression".
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