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The goal of this research is to investigate the phenomenon of saltwater up-coning into pumping wells in fractured porous media. For this aim, two series of regular orthogonal fracture networks and different vertical and horizontal fracture apertures are simulated using an axisymmetric (2D vertical cross-section) model with a sharp interface approach. The effect of changing the pumping rate and the hydraulic conductivity has been examined to recognize other effective characteristics of the aquifer and pumping well on the saltwater up-coning. These simulations have been performed in COMSOL Multiphysics. The results indicate that the saltwater extent under the pumping well can be affected...