Sykes, Walter J. (Walter John), 1842-1906, Ling, Arthur R. (Arthur Robert), 1861-1937 · London, C. Griffin and Company, limited · leaf 421
land, giving rise to the various brooks, streams, lakes, rivers ; a second portion evaporates ; whilst a third portion sinks into the earth. This latter portion descends through the more porous portions of the soil until it reaches some impervious stratum by which it is retained to form the… … Fig. 69. — Diagrammatic Section of the Strata forming- the London Basin.2 surface of the soil, whilst in other places it is situated at a considerable distance below the surface ; hence the difference in the depths of wells in various districts. In hilly countries, where the strata are inclined,…
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