Spanish term
Mexico
napa freática
| 4 +1 | phreatic layer |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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| 4 +1 | Water table |
Rebecca Elder
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| 4 +1 | GROUNDWATER |
Evelyne Trolley de Prévaux
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Proposed translations
United States
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
phreatic layer
https://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/translation/phreatic...
**The amount of water that reaches the phreatic layer** is directly related to the Rímac ... **The Pampean and Puelches aquifers are found below the phreatic layer.**
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More examples:
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1482272083
John Gowing, Luis Santos Pereira - 2014 - Architecture
**Average composition of water in the superphreatic and phreatic layers**, pedologic site S2 Nature TSSC Clt SO, HCO3 Ca” Mg” Na' K" of phreatic layer (g/l) (g/l) ...
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0739106414
Katharina Jeanne Schreiber, Josue Lancho Rojas - 2003 - History
**How does one go about tapping the phreatic layer in such a way as to be able to use the water for irrigation?"" One might excavate a deep well, but without a level ...
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Here's what happens under drying conditions:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2016.0001...
by S Sabater - 2016 - Cited by 15 - Related articles
**And in an even more advanced step, or deep dry phase, the phreatic layer can descend causing the complete hydrological isolation of the river compartments ..**
United Kingdom
MA in Interpreting & Translating, FR/SP
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
Water table
Mexico
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Native in: English 
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GROUNDWATER
Napa freática is the "amount" of water
Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. It is stored in and moves slowly through geologic formations of soil, ...
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Rebecca Elder
: I saw this was a possible translation as well when looking :)
15 mins
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Too specific. There can be groundwater outside the phreatic layer.
3 hrs
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Discussion
Just look at this Wikipedia entry, where it says the "nivel freático" is the upper level of a "capa freática", but then strangely goes on to say it's synonymous with "capa freática", "tabla de agua" and several other terms, including "napa freática":
El nivel freático corresponde al nivel superior de una capa freática o de un acuífero en general. A menudo, en este nivel la presión de agua del acuífero es igual a la presión atmosférica.
También se conoce como capa freática, manto freático, napa freática, napa subterránea (del francés nappe=mantel), tabla de agua (traducción del inglés, "water table") o simplemente freático.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivel_freático