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What is the difference between unconfined aquifers and confined aquifers?

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A confined aquifer is an aquifer below the land surface that is saturated with water. ... A water-table--or unconfined--aquifer is an aquifer whose upper water surface (water table) is at atmospheric pressure, and thus is able to rise and fall.

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