Imagine if all of the water that fell onto the location where you lived in a single year stayed right where it landed. Everyone would be wading through water higher than their waists! ...
Groundwater
Groundwater is water that accumulates underground. It can exist in spaces between loose particles of dirt and rock, or in cracks and crevices in rocks. Different types of rocks and dirt can contain different amounts of water. The saturation zone is the portion of the soil and rock that is saturated with water, while the unsaturated zone is the portion of the soil and rock that is not saturated. The top of the saturated zone is called the water table.