Into which feature does a confined aquifer discharge?

💡 Explanation

A groundwater-fed lake see's increasing surface elevation because of groundwater discharge and hydraulic head overcoming resistance, a process called the potentiometric surface. Therefore, elevation rises, rather than sediment accumulation, due to decreased velocity.

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