What is the name of the water bearing layer of earth?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is option 3. Aquifer.
Aquifers are layers of unconsolidated materials, porous rock, or rock cracks that contain water (gravel, sand, or silt). A water well can be used to extract groundwater. One of the greatest subsurface freshwater resources in the world is the Ogallala, sometimes referred to as the High Plains Aquifer.