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.
To stop a train before air brakes were developed, an engineer blew a signal with the train whistle. This alerted the train's brakemen to apply a hand brake in each rail car. The brakeman would set the brake in one car and then have to jump to the next car and set that brake.