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Water-bearing limestone

Portuguese translation: aquífero calcário


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English term or phrase:Water-bearing limestone
Portuguese translation:aquífero calcário
Entered by: Daniela de Oliveira
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16:19 Dec 13, 2011
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Geology
English term or phrase: Water-bearing limestone
The band of water-bearing limestone showed clearly.

Em PT-BR, obrigada!
Daniela de Oliveira
Local time: 18:33
aquífero calcário
Explanation:
An aquifer is a wet underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifer
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Luiza Modesto
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water-bearing limestone
aquífero calcário


Explanation:
An aquifer is a wet underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifer

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