Groundwater commonly collects in stream drainages but may remain entirely beneath the surface of dry stream-beds in arid regions.

地下水通常聚集在河流流域，但在干旱地区，地下水也可能完全保留在干涸河床的表面之下。

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Wetlands have a big effect on groundwater, the amount of water below the surface of the land.

湿地对地下水，即地表以下的水量影响很大。

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Deserts contain large amounts of groundwater when compared to the amounts they hold in surface stores such as lakes and rivers.

与湖泊、河流等地表储存的地下水相比，沙漠中含有大量的地下水。

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The water footprint includes both the water withdrawn from surface and groundwater and the use of soil water (in agricultural production).

UNESCO: Summary

The UNESCO Chair in The Development of a Sustainable Geoenvironment contributes to stalling and reversing the contamination and degradation of terrestrial systems and their surface and groundwater systems.

UNESCO: Chairs and UNITWIN Networks

The EA said the scheme would not address the surface and groundwater flooding which were experienced in Newbury in 2007, but said they would be investigated separately.

BBC: Newbury flood defence work to begin