Question

What is the zone of saturation?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The phreatic zone, or zone of saturation, is the part of an aquifer, below the water table, in which relatively all pores and fractures are saturated with water. Above the water table is the vadose zone. The phreatic zone size, color, and depth may fluctuate with changes of season, and during wet and dry periods.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The unsaturated zone, immediately below the land surface, contains water and air in the open spaces, or pores. The saturated zone, a zone in which all the pores and rock fractures are filled with water, underlies the unsaturated zone. ... The water table may be just below or hundreds of feet below the land