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Water Table	upper limit of groundwater body
Weather	physical state of the atmosphere at a given time and place
Weathering	total of all processes acting at or near the Earth’s surface to cause physical disruption and chemical decomposition of rock
Wetlands	land areas of poor surface drainage, such as marshes and swamps
Wind	air motion, dominantly horizontal relative to the Earth’s surface
Winter Solstice	solstice occurring on December 21 or 22, when the subsolar point is at 231/2°S
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