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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)

1077. Groundwater dam : A natural or artificial body of material that is impermeable or has only low permeability and which occurs below the surface in such a position that it impedes the horizontal movement of groundwater and consequently causes a pronounced difference in the level of the water table on its opposite sides.

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