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(4208) Free surface
1 - A water surface exposed to atmospheric pressure, such as the water surface in an open channel, or in a closed conduit not flowing full, or in a tank. 2 - In an unconfined aquifer, if capillary rise is negligible, the free surface and water table are identical. 3 - The upper boundary of seepage water in earth dams, levees and dikes. 4 - See 5251.

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