Epiphreatic zone

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In a cave system, the epiphreatic zone or floodwater zone is the zone between the vadose zone above and phreatic zone below. It is regularly flooded and has a significant porosity. It has a great potential for cave formation.[1]

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  1. ^ Prelovšek, Mitja (2009). Present-Day Speleogenetic Processes, Factors and Features in the Epiphreatic Zone: Dissertation (PDF). University of Nova Gorica. p. 5.
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