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Groundwater begins as precipitation that is absorbed into the ground. Much of the precipitation is taken up by plant roots and evapotranspired. What makes it beyond to root zone is pulled down by gravity until it reaches the water table. Below the water table all the pore space in the soil is filled with water. This is the saturated zone.
