Epiphreatic zone

In a cave system, the epiphreatic zone or the floodwater zone is the zone between vadose zone above it and phreatic zone beneath it. It is regularly flooded and has a significant porosity. It has a great potential for cave formation.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Prelovšek, Mitja (2009). Present-Day Speleogenetic Processes, Factors and Features in the Epiphreatic Zone: Dissertation (PDF). University of Nova Gorica. p. 5.
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