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Water that has remained in an aquifer for a long timespan, usually thousands or millions of years.

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fossil water

Source Word

fossil water

countable uncountable

Water that has remained in an aquifer for a long timespan, usually thousands or millions of years.

Japanese Meaning

長い年月（通常は数千年から数百万年）にわたり、地下水層に留まっている水。

Farmers in the desert rely on fossil water tapped from deep aquifers to irrigate their crops during droughts.

砂漠の農民たちは、干ばつの際に作物の灌漑のために深い帯水層から汲み上げた化石地下水に頼っている。

Sense（1）

Water that has remained in an aquifer for a long timespan, usually thousands or millions of years.

fossil waters

（ plural ）