Question

The water table is the

A. aquifer.
B. lower boundary of the zone of saturation.
C. upper boundary of the zone of saturation.
D. zone of aeration.

Answer 1

C.

Water table, also called Groundwater Table, upper level of an underground surface in which the soil or rocks are permanently saturated with water. The water table separates the groundwater zone that lies below it from the capillary fringe, or zone of aeration, that lies above it.

Answer 2

C. Upper Boundary of the zone of saturation
The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation. Water seeps into the ground through pore spaces in rock and soil.