please give an long answer List the causes of groundwater depletion? Explain any one of them? How is groundwater replenished?
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Causes of Groundwater depletion are:-
•Frequent pumping of water from the ground.
•We continuously pump groundwater from aquifers and it does not have enough time to replenish itself.
•Agricultural needs require a large amount of groundwater. Groundwater depletion can also occur naturally....
•Groundwater supplies are replenished, or recharged, by rain and snow melt that seeps down into the cracks and crevices beneath the land's surface. ... Groundwater can also be extracted through a well drilled into the aquifer. A well is a pipe in the ground that fills with groundwater...
=>The groundwater is predominantly replenished by the precipitation, so the amount of precipitation directly influences how much underground water there will be at a certain place...
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