water pocket

noun

1. a cavity at the foot of a cliff formed by the falling action of an intermittent stream.
2. a plunge basin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of water pocket¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

“It’s a very rare incident for a glacial burst to happen. Satellite and Google Earth images do not show a glacial lake near the region, but there’s a possibility that there may be a water pocket in the region,” said Mohd Farooq Azam, assistant professor, glaciology & hydrology at the Indian Institute of Technology in Indore.

From Reuters

Good evidence already exists for some kind of liquid water 'pocket' towards Enceladus's south pole - where it regularly erupts with plumes of water ice and other compounds that suggest a deeper hydrothermal system - but the excess wobble of the whole moon now indicates that there is in fact a global ocean.

From Scientific American

"What we see is consistent with a water pocket of about 8-10km in depth, and this pocket can extend up to southern latitudes of 50 degrees around the pole," the Sapienza University of Rome researcher explained.

From BBC

Forster has applied for additional funding to return to the aquifer and learn more about how this giant, underground water pocket might affect ocean levels in the future.

From Scientific American

I have been figuring on that and I think it will keep us a going for a week, with what we can get from the water pocket.

From Project Gutenberg