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vadose
Of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of the earth which is located above the level of the permanent groundwater.
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The seep lay high up among the ledges, vadose water dripping down the slick black rock and monkeyflower and deathcamas hanging in a small perilous garden. The water that reached the canyon floor was no more than a trickle and they leaned by turns with pursed lips to the stone like devouts at a shrine.