alleryStart learning →Water deep inside an underground aquifer can stay there for about how long?
AFor a few weeks
BFor thousands of years
CFor a few hours
DFor about one day
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. For thousands of years
Groundwater moves and refills very slowly, so it can remain in an aquifer for thousands of years.
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