Mountain water

When mountain water is called groundwater , which in cavities in the earth's interior oozes.

In Limnology and caving is called mountain water from general water at vadose and phreatic caves active than in the water system -feeding source , regardless of the aquifer is cut. The term includes currents in crevices and crevices , seepage water as well as escaping pore water .

No mountain water is water that is brought in by flowing water (surface water) from the surface of the earth as an infiltration route (infiltration, collapse). In contrast, ground water and slope water originating from precipitation are generally included. In glaciology , the term is used analogously, as the proportion of glacier water that is not brought under the glacier as meltwater or rainwater.

Depending on the construction project that penetrates the earth's interior, one speaks of:

• Pit water that occurs in tunnels and mines in underground mining and mainly penetrates from below (groundwater)
• Tunnel water that usually penetrates from above into tunnels above the water table

See also

• Current in open channels
• Flow in closed channels
• Current in the groundwater
• Water content

Web links

• Water and water management - part, groundwater and mountain water (accessed on September 21, 2015)