346 * THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA.

strength of the hydrostatic pressure in the given case. If the well
opening is at a lower level than the upper limit to which this pressure
ean lift the water, a flowing well results. In the North Carolina
Coastal Plain this upper limit, as a rule, lies below the general upland
level in any given region, so that on this upper level flowing wells are

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