List of aquifers

List of aquifers

The following is a partial list of aquifers around the world. A of aquifers is also available.

North America

Canada
* Oak Ridges Moraine - North of Toronto Ontario
* Laurentian River System

United States

* Biscayne Aquifer
* Bruceian Aquifer
* Edwards Aquifer
* Floridan Aquifer
* Great Miami Aquifer
* Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer
* Lloyd Aquifer
* Mahomet Aquifer
* Ogallala Aquifer, also known as the High Plains Aquifer
* Ozark Plateau Aquifer
* San Diego Formation [ [http://www.sdcwa.org/manage/groundwater-exec-summary.phtml San Diego County Water Authority - Water Management - Local Resources] ]
* Sankoty Aquifer
* Snake River Aquifer
* Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prarie Aquifer [ [http://www.geology.ewu.edu/ftrips/aquifer/aqtour.htm Spokane Aquifer Tour] ]

Mexico

* Texcoco aquifer, one of the most overexploited in the country [Rodríguez Wallenius, C. (2008). Conflictos entre comunidades rurales y municipios urbanos por el agua en el centro de México (Conflicts between rural communities and urban municipalities due to water in central Mexico). Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco. México.]

South America
* Guarani Aquifer

Australia
* Great Artesian Basin
* Yarragadee Aquifer

New Zealand
*Canterbury Plains Aquifer (Christchurch)

Africa
* Bas Saharan Basin
* Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System

Europe
* Chalk Aquifer (England)
* Schwyll Aquifer (Wales)

Middle-East
* Yarkon-Taninim Aquifer, also known as Mountain Aquifer (Israel-Palestine)

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