"surface water" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: surface waters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} surface water (countable and uncountable, plural surface waters)
  1. (geography) Water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, sea or ocean, as opposed to groundwater. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geography, Water Translations (water collecting on the ground or in a body of water): aigua de superfície [feminine] (Catalan), aigua superficial [feminine] (Catalan), overfladevand [neuter] (Danish), oppervlaktewater [neuter] (Dutch), pinnavesi [singular] (Estonian), pintavesi (Finnish), eau de surface [feminine] (French), eau superficielle [feminine] (French), Oberflächenwasser [neuter] (German), acqua di superficie [feminine] (Italian), ilma ġieri [masculine] (Maltese), wai pātaua (Maori), overflatevann [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), apă de suprafață [feminine] (Romanian), agua superficial [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "sense": "water collecting on the ground or in a body of water",
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