I don’t understand how do wells work. Like, I’ve seen a lot of wells made of stone, so, if you dig a huge hole in the ground, how does water come inside the well? Like, I’ve seen a lot of movies where someone gets stuck in a well or something, and there’s always a rock bottom. So, how does water get inside the well?
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The earth’s surface is 71% water. Some of that water ends up inside the top 2km of dry land to form a water table. The depth of the water table depends on the location. When they dig a well they are gaining access to that table. The table is pretty much a line that if you dig beneath it the water will start to pool in the hole.
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