Kinds of Surface Water and Groundwater By Robiul Setiawan

 

Kinds of Surface Water and Groundwater

Water is the source of life that can not be replaced by anything else. Without water humans, animals and plants would not be alive. Water on earth can be classified into two types:

A.  Ground Water

Ground water is water in deep the soil surface. Ground water can be again divided into two, namely the soil water and ground water artesian preatis.

a.       Groundwater Preatis

Preatis ground water is ground water that is located not far from the ground surface and above the impermeable layer / an impermeable.

b.      Soil water artesian

Artesian groundwater is located very deep in the ground and located between two impermeable layers.

B.   Surface Water

Surface water is water in the soil surface and can easily be seen by our eyes. Examples of surface water such as seas, rivers, lakes, times, swamps, ponds, and so forth. Surface water can be divided into two types:

a.       Inland waters

Inland water is surface water which is above the land such as swamps, lakes, rivers, and so forth.

b.      Sea waters

Marine waters are surface water in the ocean. Examples such as sea water at sea.