how come the ground under lakes and rivers don’t drink up all the water but plain surface ground drinks up everything eventually?

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how come the ground under lakes and rivers don’t drink up all the water but plain surface ground drinks up everything eventually?

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Answer 1

to add to what others have said that the ground below a lake is already saturated. Also, a lake or pond will “dry up” if it is not replenished. Some of this is due to evaporation but some is due to ground absorption.