mạch nước

Người dân trong làng lấy nước từ một mạch nước tự nhiên trên núi.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A spring: A natural source of water where groundwater flows out from an aquifer to the land surface.
   • A water vein / An underground water stream: A flow or current of water beneath the earth's surface.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người dân trong làng lấy nước từ một mạch nước tự nhiên trên núi. (The villagers draw water from a natural spring on the mountain.)
  • Công trình xây dựng bị hoãn vì đụng phải một mạch nước ngầm. (The construction project was delayed because it hit an underground water stream.)

Advanced Usage

• "mạch nước ngầm": This specific compound term refers to groundwater or an aquifer.
  • Việc khai thác mạch nước ngầm quá mức có thể dẫn đến sụt lún đất. (Over-exploitation of groundwater can lead to land subsidence.)

Variants and Related Words

• Suối (n): A stream or brook (a small, surface-level flow of water).
• Nguồn nước (n): A water source (a general term for any origin of water).

Synonyms

• Spring: A place where water naturally flows from the ground.
• Water source: A point of origin for water.
• Groundwater flow: Water moving through pores and fractures in the subsurface.

Related Concepts

• Aquifer: A body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater. This is the geological formation that feeds a .
• Well: A human-made excavation to access a (groundwater).