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phreatic Definition

phre·atic (frē atik)

adjective

Geol. of, having to do with, or being groundwater

phreatic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • tube: Below, a short phreatic tube, with a gravel floor, leads to the terminal sump.
  • rift: A steeply ascending phreatic rift was gained heading north east to reach a point some 45m above the start of the climb.
  • passage: Heading along the rift a climb up over boulders, yields a small squeeze to the left into phreatic passage.
  • maze: At the bottom of the traverse a phreatic maze leads back to the junction.
  • tunnel: Back in the top of Maple Leaf Passage the way on is over a mud bank to a large section of fine phreatic tunnel.
  • chamber: The right hand route immediately gains an awkward, tight climb into a phreatic chamber.

Preposition: in

  • origin: Geomorphology The cave is basically phreatic in origin, with some vadose modification.

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