English [ edit ] Nubian sandstone aquifer, Egypt Etymology [ edit ] From Latin aqua ( “ water ” ) + -fer ( “ -bearing ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] aquifer (plural aquifers
An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone , earth , or gravel .
The water in the well came from an aquifer .
2023 August 16, Helena Horton, “United Utilities fined £800,000 for taking 22bn litres of water from aquifer”, in The Guardian :An aquifer is rock or sediment that holds groundwater – rain that is held below the surface of the soil and collected in empty spaces underground. Aquifers feed rivers to keep their flows at a healthy level, and are also important sources of water when reservoirs or other sources run low.
Coordinate terms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel
Arabic: طَبَقَة ٱلْمِيَاهِ ٱلْجَوْفِيَّةِ f ( ṭabaqa(t) l-miyāhi l-jawfiyyati )
Catalan: aqüífer (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 含水層 ／ 含水层 (zh) ( hánshuǐcéng )
Dutch: aquifer (nl) m
Finnish: akviferi pohjavesikerros
French: aquifère (fr) m
Galician: acuífero (gl) m
German: Grundwasserleiter m Aquifer (de) m
Greek: υδροφορέας m ( ydroforéas ) , υπόγειος υδροφορέας m ( ypógeios ydroforéas )
Hebrew: אקוויפר m
Hungarian: víztartó réteg
Indonesian: akuifer (id)
Irish: uiscíoch m
Japanese: 帯水層 ( たいすいそう, taisuisō )
Korean: 대수층(帶水層) ( daesucheung )
Lithuanian: vandeningas sluoksnis
Maori: paparanga kī wai paparanga pukuwai
Navajo: łeeyiʼdi tóhígíí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: akvifer m grunnvannsmagasin n
Polish: warstwa wodonośna f
Portuguese: aquífero (pt) m
Russian: водоно́сный горизо́нт (ru) m ( vodonósnyj gorizónt ) , водоно́сный слой m ( vodonósnyj sloj ) , водоно́сный пласт m ( vodonósnyj plast ) , аквифе́р (ru) m ( akvifɛ́r )
Slovak: akvifer m
Spanish: acuífero (es) m
Swedish: akvifär c
Telugu: జల (te) ( jala )
Tibetan: ཆུ་བྲག ( chu brag , literally “ water rock ” )
Turkish: akifer (tr) , sutaşır
Vietnamese: tầng ngậm nước tầng chứa nước
Welsh: dyfrhaen f
See also [ edit ] 
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