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Groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDE)
Groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) are ecosystems which require access to groundwater on a permanent or intermittent basis to meet all or some of their water requirements so as to maintain their communities of plants and animals, ecological processes and ecosystem services[1]. Ecosystem dependency on groundwater may vary temporally (over time) and spatially (depending on its location in the landscape).
GDEs include aquifers, caves, lakes, palustrine wetlands, lacustrine wetlands, rivers and vegetation.
Groundwater
Ecosystem
Subterranean
Aquifer
Comprises spring ecosystems, surface GDE lines and areas, terrestrial and subterranean GDE areas and potential GDE aquifers
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