1 The water table forms the top of the zone of saturation, where pore spaces in sediment or rock are completely filled with water. 2  Aquifers are underground areas of sediment or rock that hold groundwater. 3  In steep areas, where groundwater intersects the ground surface, a spring or seep can form.
There's a word for what you're asking for-- onomatopoeia. Many times editors would rather you not use the sounds, but describe it, unless you're writing a PB or even early chapter book. I wrote about a train in one of my short stories. As a train gets closer, it makes a rumbling sound. As it leaves the station, it makes a steadily increasing chugging sound. The whistle sounds like a forlorn call in the night. The brakes hiss and screech when the train slows down to a stop. If you don't have a train nearby to listen to, go online and do a search.
Dick Tyson said he was on the platform checking his backpack. When the train hit her I heard the thud, Tyson said. I looked toward the sound.. He said the train came to a stop and he saw the woman's feet sticking up between the platform and the train. Underneath the train, he said, was her torso..