How to Use water table in a Sentence

water table

noun
Definition of water tablenext
  • Heavy rainfall has caused the water table to rise.
  • Hansen said the water table has dropped 40-50 feet in the last few decades.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2023
  • So today, the water table is high enough to flood the tombs.
    — National Geographic, 2 July 2019
  • The tree’s root system will reach down to the water table in roughly 8 to 18 months.
    — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The roots of the cerrado plants went deep, reaching down to the water table.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2022
  • Since his first season, Cameron has seen the water table drop by a foot or more each year.
    — Susie Cagle, Wired, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Higher up on the road, the ground water table is much deeper.
    — Alex Harris and Joey Flechas, miamiherald, 28 June 2018
  • Over time, changes in the Nile River made the water table beneath the pyramids rise.
    — National Geographic, 2 July 2019
  • But as pumping lowered the water table, the trees soon died.
    — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • That helps give it a chance to seep into the water table and be available from wells during the dry months.
    — Jeremy White, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
  • This water table is easy to clean and is a good option for kids who are 18 months and older.
    — Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The city is lowering the water table about a meter a year, causing the ground to sink as well.
    — Erica Gies, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2018
  • There are also swings above the water and a water table.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2020
  • At the railroad bridge over the creek the town had built a dam to maintain the water table in the municipal wells near by.
    — Don Holm, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But Take Note: The water table has only one drain plug, and the mailbox is lacking a back.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
  • And the deeper the water table falls, the more energy costs increase to pump the water out.
    — AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Saiter is anxious the farms’ rapid water use could push the water table too low for the town well to draw safe water from.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Kilauea had a major eruption last year that caused the collapse of the crater to below the water table.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The lack of rain combined with the summer’s extreme heat dried out wetlands and reduced the water table’s depth, the city said.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • This has helped reduce the depletion of the water table.
    — Shivam Vij, Quartz India, 7 Nov. 2019
  • When the trees choke the river like that, the underground water table rises closer to the ground and can flood and kill the crops on nearby farms.
    — Joshua Bowling, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2020
  • The soil was saturated with so much rain from the earlier storm that the water table was still high by the time Maria struck.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022
  • But many of the bricks are crumbling, and as the water table rises, entire walls are in danger of falling.
    — New York Times, 6 Feb. 2021
  • But a lower water table could cause some springs and creeks to dry, rare trees and plants to die, and wildlife that depend on them to move or perish.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
  • In temperate regions, beaver dams affect everything from the height of the water table to the kinds of shrubs and trees that grow.
    — Sharon Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The others have wells, though many of these have gone dry as the water table has fallen by hundreds of feet in some places after years of drought.
    — Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Rain might not raise the water table much, says Smith, a biologist who manages the refuge.
    — Tammy Webber, Chron, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Flexibility is the name of the game with this unique water table.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 13 June 2023
  • Sea level rise has brought the water table closer to the surface, leaving less room for the ground to absorb rainwater.
    — David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
  • Because the pupfish are effectively perched on a shallow underwater ledge, changes to the water table can harm prospects for survival.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 9 May 2024

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