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Definition
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phreatic zone - zone where voids in the rock are completely filled with water.
Gillieson, 1996
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The phreatic zone is the deep portion of an aquifer that does not experience exchange with stream water, in contrast to the hyporheic zone.
Gunn, 2004
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phreatic zone : The region below the water table, in which rock is saturated with water.
Monroe, 1970
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Frame
| LOCATION | deep portion of an aquifer |
| where voids in the rock are completely filled with water | |
| below the water table | |
| FUNCTION | does not experience exchange with stream water |
| in which rock is saturated with water |
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