a) Precipitation
- For ground water to exist precipitation must exceed evaporation.
- Light rain falling over a long period of time infiltrates more than heavy short lived downpour.
b) Slope
- On flat and gently sloping areas rain water has ample time to infiltrate because it remains in one place for a long time.
- On steep areas there is low infiltration since a lot of water turns into runoff because of getting less time to percolate.
c) Nature of Rocks
- There is a greater possibility of existence of ground water where there are permeable surface rocks.
- Ground water exists where impermeable rock overlie an impermeable one so that when water infiltrates and percolates underground it’s trapped by impermeable rock and accumulates above it.
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